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  • 2013
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  • Image Entertainment
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2013
  • R
  • Image Entertainment
  • 1 h 44 m

Summary Through her fierce determination and dauntless courage, Winnie Mandela survived her husband's imprisonment, continuous harassment by the security police, banishment to a small Free State town, betrayal by friends and allies, and more than a year in solitary confinement - all the while keeping the name of Nelson Mandela alive. A sensitive...

Directed By: Darrell Roodt

Written By: Anne Marie du Preez Bezdrob, André Pieterse, Paul Ian Johnson, Darrell Roodt

  • 2013
  • R
  • Image Entertainment
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2013
  • R
  • Image Entertainment
  • 1 h 44 m

Winnie Mandela

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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Summary Through her fierce determination and dauntless courage, Winnie Mandela survived her husband's imprisonment, continuous harassment by the security police, banishment to a small Free State town, betrayal by friends and allies, and more than a year in solitary confinement - all the while keeping the name of Nelson Mandela alive. A sensitive...

Directed By: Darrell Roodt

Written By: Anne Marie du Preez Bezdrob, André Pieterse, Paul Ian Johnson, Darrell Roodt

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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63% Mixed
10 Reviews
25% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
37
13% Positive
2 Reviews
63% Mixed
10 Reviews
25% Negative
4 Reviews

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63
Sep 6, 2013
A serviceable if sometimes overwrought biography, with solid performances and the courage to spotlight not only the heroics but the appalling misdeeds committed by the iconic Ms. Mandela.
By Richard Roeper FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 5, 2013
Winnie Mandela is a simplistic look at a complex figure.
By Claudia Puig FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 30, 2013
Winnie begins as hagiography and ends in hellish confusion.
By Rick Groen FULL REVIEW
40
Sep 4, 2013
Decently acted despite screenplay shortcomings.
By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW
40
Aug 30, 2013
Solid performances are undercut by lack of storytelling integrity in this plodding biopic.
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW
33
Sep 4, 2013
Poor Hudson tries to live up to both the character and the clothes, but she isn’t anywhere near assertive enough a screen presence; whenever she’s supposed to be rallying a crowd or shouting down her oppressors she looks painfully aware of her own inadequacy.
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Sep 5, 2013
Like many a biopic before it, Winnie Mandela shoehorns an exceptional life into the standard template of a highlights reel, lurching from one Important Moment to the next.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Ironwood Films, Equinoxe Films, Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa, Movie Central, National Empowerment Fund, TDJ Enterprises / New Dimensions Entertainment, The Movie Network (TMN)
Release Date Sep 6, 2013
Duration 1 h 44 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Her courage inspired a nation.
Website http://www.facebook.com/winniemandelamovie
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Awards

Women Film Critics Circle Awards
• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations
South African Film and Television Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 1 Nomination

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