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newsweek.com - 11/26/2009

Movie Review: Clint Eastwood's 'Invictus' | Newsweek Holiday Movie Preview

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Film opens Dec. 11: A number of sports movies have one-word titles ( Rocky , Hoosiers ), but they're not usually in Latin. Clint Eastwood's Invictus is not your ordinary sports movie, though it comes to a rousing climax at the 1995 Rugby World Cup match between South Africa and New Zealand. The ...

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Awards Daily's Oscar Countdown:  First Invictus Review – “Soul-Stirring”

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MovingPictureBlog:  Early word on 'Invictus'

/Film:  Early Buzz: Clint Eastwood’s Invictus

RopeofSilicon.com:  Reviews for Eastwood's 'Invictus' Begin to Tumble In

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First Invictus Review – “Soul-Stirring”
Awards Daily's Oscar Countdown — ... David Ansen at Newsweek has put out his first review of Clint Eastwood Invictus, a film I think is one of the best of 2009.  We were under embargo but since Ansen has already published his review, I do believe all bets are off.  For me, it’s all good.  I have a feeling that the way the critics react to a movie can sometimes be influenced by the way the bloggers react first.  In other words, high expectations often lead to disappointment, and thus, more harsh reviews.  Hatred of the blogger can sometimes spur the backlash even further – so with regard to high profile ...

Ansen on Invictus
Hollywood Elsewhere — Ansen on Invictus Three and a half days before the 11.30 embargo date, Newsweek 's David Ansen has posted a short review of Clint Eastwood 's Invictus . Does this mean others will jump the gun and post today or tomorrow or this weekend? A respected icon like Eastwood has little to fear from traditional big-gun critics like Ansen. Their respect for him is such that they'll always go easy if they're not 100% delighted. That said... "A number of sports movies have one-word titles ( Rocky, Hoosiers ), but they're not usually in Latin," Ansen ...

Ansen gets first word on ‘Invictus’
In Contention — ... Apparently unfazed by embargos, Newsweek’s David Ansen has posted a short, mixed-to-positive review of “Invictus,” the meat of which is here: ...

Early word on 'Invictus'
MovingPictureBlog — I think "politely respectful" might be the best way to describe the first reviews of Clint Eastwood's Invictus, a movie that, for the past several months, has been hyped by many pundits and prognosticators as sure-fire Oscar-bait. Were those predictions -- many of them issued even before Eastwood actually began filming on location in South Africa -- premature? Well, tell me what you think after reading this, this and this. ...

Early Buzz: Clint Eastwood’s Invictus
/Film — ... Newsweek: “Clint Eastwood’s Invictus is not your ordinary sports movie” … “Invictus is not a biopic; nor does it take us deep inside any of its characters—Eastwood views Mandela from a respectful middle distance. It’s about strategic inspiration. We witness a politician at the top of his game: Freeman’s wily Mandela is a master of charm and soft-spoken gravitas. Anthony Peckham’s sturdy, functional screenplay, based on John Carlin’s book Playing the Enemy, can be a bit on the nose (and the message songs Eastwood adds are ...

Reviews for Eastwood's 'Invictus' Begin to Tumble In
RopeofSilicon.com — ... Freeman) joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team (Damon) to help unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match. Now let's see what folks had to say. David Ansen at Newsweek was the first to open the lid on the film saying: ...