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80A labor of love -- a swan song repaying a lifetime of happy debts to the theater, by grace of two terrific performances.
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75Glover and especially Bassett give strong performances, shaking off their Hollywood patina and losing themselves in these gritty roles.
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75Fugard’s classic minimalist drama comes eloquently to film.
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75About two people on a stage, talking their way into and out of alienation.
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70Glover and Bassett ground the film, in the flashbacks and in the body of the film, and lessen the riskiness of maintaining the play's theatricality.
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70Gradually, the power of the material and the stars takes hold, flashbacks begin to flesh out the characters' lives, and Boesman & Lena comes alive--achingly and passionately.
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63Powerful theater.
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60(Bassett's) finally been given another part worthy of her talents, and she makes the most of it.
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50Glover and Bassett play the title characters with great energy, and Berry has invested the movie with the moral conscience that underpinned his entire career.
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50Awfully poky, even for an art film.
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40Stilted as a beach house, the movie crawls from one harangue to another.
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