- Studio: Miramax Films
- Release Date: Feb 24, 2006
- Starring: Israel Makoe, Mothusi Magano, Presley Chweneyagae
- Summary: Set amidst the bustling townships of Johannesburg and infused with the pumping high-energy Kwaito music of the top South African artist Zola, Tsotsi is an extraordinary portrait of the choices we make in life and the personal triumph that comes from choosing love over rage. (Miramax Films)
- Director: Gavin Hood
- Genre(s): Drama, Crime
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 28 out of 35
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Mixed: 7 out of 35
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Negative: 0 out of 35
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100What a simple and yet profound story this is.
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80Tsotsi emerges as being among the finest films ever to come out of Africa. It is a brilliant, jolting and altogether powerful blast of energy and emotion.
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80Brutal but believable, the film in some ways harks back to early Hollywood, when Jimmy Cagney or Richard Widmark played callow villains out of their depth in everyday life.
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50Ends in a cascade of sentimentality straight out of Hollywood. Not even Chweneyagae's excellent acting or Lance Gewer's dark photography can save the film.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 17
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Mixed: 1 out of 17
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Negative: 1 out of 17
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JaneanP.3Worse than Crash; between this and Joyeux Noel, I've lost faith in any Oscar nominee being worth watching.
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