Invictus (2009) NYT Critics' Pick

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Morgan Freeman plays Nelson Mandela in “Invictus,” Clint Eastwood’s new film.
Final Score: Future 1, Past 0
By A. O. SCOTT
Published: December 11, 2009

It may not seem obvious at first, but Clint Eastwood’s “Invictus,” a rousing true story of athletic triumph, is also that director’s latest exploration of revenge, the defining theme of his career. It is hard to think of an actor or a filmmaker who so cleanly embodies a single human impulse in the way that Mr. Eastwood — from “Pale Rider” to “Mystic River,” from Dirty Harry to “Gran Torino” — personifies the urge to get even. More