A chronicle of Nelson Mandela';s life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
29 March 1971, Cape Town, South Africa
25 July 1967, Durban, South Africa
13 May 1971, South Africa
21 June 1981, Mbabane, Swaziland
March 21, 2017
[A] well-paced and inspiring movie that preserves the legacy of an icon.
December 26, 2013
The life of Nelson Mandela is simply too big, too complex and too important to be contained in one movie.
December 25, 2013
Elba has long been better than the film roles he's been offered, a tradition that continues with his leading role here.
December 26, 2013
Even those familiar with the history will be impressed and moved to see these events as Mandela experienced them, before the Nobel Prize and universal adulation recast the past in a glow of inevitability.
December 24, 2013
You keep wishing, as "Mandela" plays out, that this were more than one movie.
May 23, 2014
This Justin Chadwick biopic offers no surprises in technique or script (by William Nicholson) but is nevertheless a notch above average.
February 28, 2014
This film is only superficially illuminating, briefly informative; the drama is only mildly engaging, the imprisonment distantly horrific. It insists upon keeping us at an arm's length for its not inconsiderable running time.
August 18, 2014
No matter how savvy the screenwriter, it's hard to adapt a 600-page autobiography to the silver screen.
May 17, 2016
Long Walk to Freedom is a solidly crafted drama and a timely reminder of Mandela's achievements. The younger generation and those who haven't read the autobiography may find it fascinating.
February 21, 2014
A potent mix of uplift and corn.
December 26, 2013
Nelson Mandela gets the Classics Illustrated treatment with this handsome, undemanding biopic.
December 24, 2013
Aside from some youthful randiness early in the film, it wouldn't be out of place at a state funeral.
