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Boesman and Lena

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Movie Info

Genre(s): Drama

Written by: John Berry
Athol Fugard (play)

Directed by: John Berry

Release Date:
Theatrical: November 3, 2000
DVD: May 8, 2001

Running Time: 90 minutes, Color

Origin: France / South Africa

Summary

RATING: Not rated

Starring Angela Bassett, Danny Glover, and Willie Jonah

Personal hardship and tragedy bring a man (Glover) and a woman (Bassett) to experience intense love and hate.

What The Critics Said

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80

LA Weekly F. X. Feeney

A 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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75

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

About two people on a stage, talking their way into and out of alienation.

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75

Miami Herald Cary Darling

Glover and especially Bassett give strong performances, shaking off their Hollywood patina and losing themselves in these gritty roles.

75

Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey

Fugard’s classic minimalist drama comes eloquently to film.

70

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

Gradually, 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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70

Film.com Jared Rapfogel

Glover 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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63

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

Powerful theater.

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60

TV Guide Ken Fox

(Bassett's) finally been given another part worthy of her talents, and she makes the most of it.

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50

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

Glover 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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50

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Awfully poky, even for an art film.

40

Village Voice Michael Atkinson

Stilted as a beach house, the movie crawls from one harangue to another.

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What Our Users Said

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