Such an inaccurate portrayal of how we white South African's treated the "previously disadvantaged" black community, making us look like the monsters. What BS!!! I felt angered to no end after I saw how Clint Eastwood made us "apartheid regime" whites were like the scum of the Earth, and the black community is the ones that should be sympathized with (where it turned out that they were just as bad if not worse in politics then what the white government was). My ancestors probably rolled in their graves when they saw how this movie was portrayed. If you wanna see a more accurate South Africa apartheid role try "Stander" it is much better portayed than this.

Morgan Freeman is just lovable.

A little bit hit-and-miss, though 'Invictus' still manages to produce the requirements for a solid sports drama. Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon are two actors I enjoy a lot, but by the end of this 2009 film I was a tad underwhelmed by them. Freeman as Nelson Mandela sounds great on paper, but in reality you kinda lose what makes Freeman so great - his voice, given he has to act with a South African accent. He still does a good job nevertheless, I just don't think I'll remember this particular portrayal of Mandela - unlike Idris Elba's attempt in 2013's 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom'. The merging of the two plot points - politics and rugby union - is done well, though the former is easily more interesting than the latter... and I say that as someone who loves sport and dislikes politics! It's one that is worth a watch, it just didn't give me anything to remember.

The novelized history of the South African 1995 rugby world cup victory. Kind of plot and screenplay as in hundreds of other films narrating real stories with fictional or emotional elements, but nice to watch to learn something new.

It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.