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Sadly this movie will never have the rating it deserves because so much is lost if you watch it in another culture with subtitles. One complained about the overuse of the Christian faith, yet that was the context of the culture especially so around that time. The subtitles would never do the original language justice so it's understandable that it would be perceived by the less perceptive as trite. All considered, when you end your dribble by saying 'cuz' instead of 'because' you end up only aging yourself as a modern day teen and rating your own review 4/10, if that. The movie is true to South African historic culture, the language, nuance, etc. Normally when we review foreign movies we attempt to compensate for our own ignorance about that specific culture. I hope people will see it from that point of view. It's really a beautiful movie from story, acting, sound, cinematography, directing.

Loved the movie. All I would have done as the casting director was swap the brothers. Jake imho would have played a better role as the soldier and spider man would have been better for the other brother's role. Other than that the movie isn't too slow or fast paced. I feel they could have given more time to the time spent captives in Afghanistan. Perhaps given a nod to the futility of fighting pointless wars that have no bearing on national security just to put money in the hands of a political elite, but that wasn't this movie's goal. Also, they could have made a bit more of a meal about the emotional drama of losing him and then him basically coming back from the dead. You know, show the emotion of each family member as they realise he's not dead.

This movie tries hard to tick the feminist and race boxes required in our culture today. Also it portrays Jesus as a constantly sad, unsure, almost pathetic figure and it's just generally boring to watch.

It's a pity because the acting, the costumes, the setting etc. are good.