Mapantsula
Film Movement | Release Date: December 3, 1989 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
84
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 4 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Los Angeles TimesMichael Wilmington
Like its black anti-hero, the mapantsula (Zulu for small-time crook ) of the title, the movie makers do their job with swiftness, guile and gall. It’s a moral drama in disguise. Read full review
80
Film ThreatBradley Gibson
Mapantsula is timely and relevant 35 years later. Read full review
80
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
Mr. Mogotlane makes Panic much more than a symbol, treating him as a raffish, amusingly overconfident figure at first and a visibly shaken man as the film progresses, until at last he utters the single syllable that encapsulates the film's final point. Read full review
80
Time OutTony Rayns
It gets far closer to the sights, sounds, smells and rhythms of Soweto life than an entire Attenborough of white liberal movies. Needless to say, it's banned from SA cinema screens. Read full review
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