Tsotsi
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- Synopsis
- An amoral teenager develops an unexpected paternal side in this powerful drama from South Africa. Tsotsi (Presley Chweneyagae) is the street name used by a young Johannesburg delinquent who has taken to a life of crime in order to support himself....
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- Director(s)
- Gavin Hood
- Distributor(s)
- Miramax
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 91 min.
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Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
What a simple and yet profound story this is.Read the full review
San Francisco Chronicle | Ruthe SteinAdd Critic to Favorites
It grabs you from a symbolic opening scene of gang members rolling the dice -- the odds, it soon becomes clear, are stacked against them getting lucky -- and never lets go.Read the full review
The Hollywood Reporter | Ray BennettAdd Critic to Favorites
Brutal but believable, the film in some ways harks back to early Hollywood, when Jimmy Cagney or Richard Widmark played callow villains out of their depth in everyday life.Read the full review
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