There's two types of ways of doing a biopic of a historical figure. One the sweeping story covering episodes of their life. The other is focusing on one somewhat defining moment. Invictus falls under the latter, the subject of its interest being Nelson Mandela. Morgan Freeman stars as the South African icon and does more than a fine job with it. He's captivating and authentic even when he's being ushered between giving sagacious speeches to everyone around him so the movie can promote its message. Or when he is a conduit for exposition; for instance in one scene he states "So beating Australia is important?" These types of moments are the running flaw with this movie. Its predictable, clichéd and everything is just means to a goal. Ironically it spends the whole movie hyping the significance of the match yet by the end it still seems to struggle to believe in it itself.
Review of Invictus
