Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

GamerTab That was an excellent one.

BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

nikhilrampal Yes. Idris elba was amazing. But we knew that going in.What we didn't know is that this movie was going to be frustratingly focused on his early life and mistakes to the extent id rather be watching an episode of friends.Poor script.

g-bodyl Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom is a movie that portrayed Nelson Mandela, the strongest opponent of apartheid, in an honest light. It showed Mandela as a good man with good values who wanted nothing but racial equality for South Africa. It also showed him as a man who was never home for his family and a man who put his country before his family, even though he loved his family. All of this combined is a wonderful biopic, perhaps a bit conventional at times. But the movie plays the cards well and is emotional at times. Plus we also get a really good song from U2. Justin Chadwick's film is a biopic about Nelson Mandela starting from the 1940's as a lawyer who joined the ANC to promote equality to his 27- year prison sentence to when he became the first black president in the history of South Africa. Idris Elba was just fantastic as Mandela. He really got everything right about the portrayal down to the accent. It shows the impressive range of Elba. Not only he can play a Norse god, but he can play an important historical figure. Naomie Harris as Winnie Mandela was also very good and she gave a moving portrayal of the woman who suffered sixteen months in solitary confinement. Overall, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom is a very good film, even if it plays it safe at times. But racism has always been a worldwide issue and America's own racial problems can be compared to South Africa's, although apartheid was much more violent and oppressive. But this is a really powerful film about a man who fought valiantly for his people. This is also an honest, awards-worthy portrayal. I rate this film 9/10.

jpdhadfield i read the book, the long walk to freedom,over ten years ago, in almost one sitting, and i can still remember most of it, so when i watched the film,i wasn't disappointed, Idris Elba does a wonderful job.as always. i wont write long paragraphs, as who reads them, i know i don't, but if your interested in Nelson Mandela, this is the film for you, it covers all of his life, the struggle against apartheid, his prison time and freedom i would recommend this film to anybody,it has everything a great story should have, some parts i was in tears, almost sobbing, others i was so happy, i could have shouted out loud 'free Nelson Mandela', an amazing man who sacrificed a large part of his life to South Afrika.

kosmasp If you didn't know Idris Elba before this, you will remember his name after this. Mandela you knew (most likely), but if you hadn't read up on him or followed his his life in general, you might not know some of the things that are displayed here. And he's not only shown as being "good" (though that term is always something that can be argued about) in the movie either.Every man has downsides and every man will have flaws. That doesn't change the fact that Mandella did something great and was a voice that could not be silenced. This lead to family issues obviously and those are portrayed here too. It's hard to get all the details and since this is a movie there is some freedom (no pun intended) in the storytelling. But overall this could be watched in History classes in School.