Tsotsi | Presley Chweneyagae, Mothusi Magano | Profoundly thoughtful and thought-provoking ---...

Tsotsi | Presley Chweneyagae, Mothusi Magano | I will give A+++++++++++++++

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Tsotsi

	Tsotsi Presley Chweneyagae, Mothusi Magano Miramax, 2006 average customer review:based on 83 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Captivating audiences worldwide, this compelling story of crime and redemption has earned countless awards around the globe. On the edges of Johannesburg, Tsotsi's life has no meaning beyond survival. One night, in desperation, Tsotsi steals a woman's car. But as he is driving off, he makes a shocking discovery in the backseat. In one moment his life takes a sharp turn and leads him down an unexpected path to redemption ... giving him hope for a future he never could have imagined. TSOTSI is an extraordinary portrait of the choices that are made in life and how compassion can endure in the human heart. From Miramax Films, the studio that brings you the best in world cinema (CITY OF GOD, AMÉLIE, THE CHORUS).

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Profoundly thoughtful and thought-provoking --- yet deceptively simple

I saw this movie twice on my cable service and was very disappointed to see that it is not available on AMAZON for being played in the US. This is one of the best movie treatments I have encountered on race relations; cultural clashes (the latter literally); cultural reconciliation; the importance of common human decency---and just plain common sense. The acting is first-class and unpretentious, sensitive but not maudlin. The problems facing South Africa are presented honestly. The title under which it was shown is "A REASONABLE MAN" and it is worth being seen by anyone who considers him/herself 'a reasonable person.'

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I will give A+++++++++++++++

This is a great piece of work! All the actors FANTASTIC - So powerful that'll make you cry! I'm going to recommend it to all my friends in New york and Washington, D.C. (ENJOY IT)!

quite excellent

a colorful, well-scripted film.....the acting is very real and the
story is unique and telling enough to qualify as perhaps important.
this is an intense film which deals with some of the very painful realities of being born impoverished in an already desolate environment.....and yet the conclusion leaves one with hope.

Film Producers Are Not Altruists

I rented and watched "Tsotsi" because I had just read the novel. I read the novel because I had just seen a stage production of a play by Athol Fugard. I suppose that, if and when a TV series depicting the later life of Tsotsi/David is produced, I'll watch that too.

The play was the best. The acting was superb. The script was brilliant, though I personally can't follow Fugard into his religious ecstasy. The novel was an early, unfinished effort by Fugard -- very powerful and revelatory, though the ending was botched badly. The film is only "freely" based on the novel, but the ending is still botched. It sentimentalizes the novel excessively, with a soundtrack that should get its music director some kind of cheap plastic Oafscar for banality. I don't know what I might have thought of the film if I hadn't read the book. I don't know what I would have thought of the novel if I hadn't seen a couple of Fugard's later plays. I suspect that I would have been incredulous.

The film has definite strengths. The acting is extraordinary; given what he's called upon to do by the director, Presley Chweneyage delivers a topnotch performance as the Thug (Tsotsi means "thug" in the South African patois of the film). The supporting roles are even better played. The kidnapped baby should definitely have received a solid gold Oscar for Supporting Actor. The camera delivers also; the images of a "township" slum are unforgettable, and the contrasting images of wealth in Johannesburg are like a punch in the stomach. The film Tsotsi updates the novel from the apartheid era of Fugard's youth to the disappointing modern era of AIDS and the uneradicated misery of poverty. But, unlike the novel, the film treats sociological/historical matters only as the periphery of the personal drama of Thug's awakening of "decency."

That awakening is probably implausible, if you think about it too analytically. But Hey! "Suspension of Disbelief" is the master key to most movies, right?

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very compelling

it started off very ordinary and then went into a different twist and rather quickly where the baby was concearned.

the film takes a serious of turns and spins. very fast paced and is interesting from start to finish. the film has alot of emotion and meaning. very sad and a struggle between so many elements going on. the kind of movie where you stay on the edge of your seat and wonder what is next. i thought it was very well directed and acted.

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