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Red Dust Reviews

2004

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Based on the novel by Gillian Slovo, Red Dust is Tom Hooper's debut film. Police officer Dirk Hendricks (Bartlett) files an amnesty application for Alex Mpondo (Ejiofor), a member of the South African Parliament who can't remember the torture he once endured as a captive political activist. South African-born attorney Sarah .. Read more

Starring	Jamie Bartlett, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ian Roberts, Hilary Swank
Director	Tom Hooper
Genres	Drama

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- Beautifully shot - poignant
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- - Daily Mail
  - 29 Jan 2006 at 16:11
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  Eye opening
  
  Being a South African who lived in SA during the apartheid era this movie confirmed stories my husband and I had heard on the News. I think it only showed one ... read more »
  
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  - Newbury
  - 01 Sep 2005 at 10:15
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  Piece of History
  
  Red Dust is a dark gritty and intense piece of a drama. A Tom Hooper film set in South Africa during The Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The story concerns... read more »
  
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  - Yorkshire
  - 31 May 2010 at 22:50
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  moving
  
  these kind of film makes me weep plot is a man and his friend who were tortured in the apartiheid era of south africa face there tormentors at the truth and ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 23 Jan 2010 at 01:56
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  Red Dust
  
  Gillian Slovo, the author of the book Red Dust, is the daughter of anti apartheid activists. Her mother was killed by a letter bomb . If anyone is well equipped... read more »
  
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  - croydon
  - 30 Dec 2009 at 23:41
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  Gripping
  
  I rented this film purely because it was filmed in my hometown in South Africa. It was nice seeing the familiar scenery, but I must say I was very impressed ... read more »
  
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  - UK
  - 03 Mar 2008 at 16:04
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  Definitely worth watching...
  
  ...but not necessarily one to buy to watch repeatedly.
  
  Don't watch it expecting it to give you a potted history of South Africa, but enjoy the ... read more »
  
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  - London, England
  - 09 Dec 2006 at 22:42
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  Not bad but made for TV
  
  This is a good story but made on a budget.
  
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  - Chantal
  - 1022 reviews
  - London
  - 20 Nov 2006 at 11:57
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  Good try
  
  A good attempt to create a glimpse of this part of South African History. The Hollywood bolt-ons were obvious.
  
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  - MArlow uk
  - 16 Nov 2006 at 22:26
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  An eye-opener
  
  Takes you inside the brave initiative of 'Truth and Reconciliation' instigated by the Sa Gov under Bishop Tutu and brings out the challenges for the bad... read more »
  
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  - UK
  - 08 Jun 2006 at 19:00
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  Decent Movie
  
  Not at all bad. Thoughtful and provocative, asking q few questions and not as predictable as I at first imagined.
  
  Kept me engrossed till the end.
  
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  - Linlithgow, Scotland
  - 25 Apr 2006 at 16:54
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  ex South African
  
  This we really enjoyed, having lived in SA for 25 years it was really great to listen to the lingo of the white south africans and also the blacks it really ... read more »
  
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- - Vicki McIntyre
  - Weston-super-Mare, England
  - 21 Feb 2006 at 19:50
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  Eye opening
  
  Being a South African who lived in SA during the apartheid era this movie confirmed stories my husband and I had heard on the News. I think it only showed one ... read more »
  
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  - Newbury
  - 01 Sep 2005 at 10:15
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  Very Good
  
  Enjoyed this film immensly. Well acted well written. Go on rent it you won't be sorry.
  
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  - Guisborough
  - 06 Sep 2005 at 18:20
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  amazing
  
  blew me away - realised that I have made myself a prisoner for past events. For anyone saying its a cheap propaganda film I pity them but at the same time wish ... read more »
  
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- - sara
  - Derbyshire
  - 08 Nov 2005 at 22:15
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  Brilliant !
  
  this was an excellent film which gave you an insight into the post apartite problems in s.Africa. It reveals the atrocities that were carried out by the then ... read more »
  
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  - Hampshire, England
  - 02 Aug 2005 at 09:25
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  enjoyable
  
  this was a well directed and acted film, leaving you in suspense on whether the victim was forced to turn traitor
  
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  - lincolnshire
  - 29 Oct 2005 at 18:27
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  Great film
  
  A fantastic drama, well acted and believable.
  
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  - Somerset
  - 01 Jan 2006 at 15:42
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  Thumbs up for Red Dust
  
  This film is thankfully spared 'hollywood' over-sentimentality and approaches the difficult concept of 'Truth and Reconcilliation' through a ... read more »
  
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  - Devon
  - 14 Jan 2006 at 19:30
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  Excellent
  
  Good viewing - worth selecting
  
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- - Roger
  - Bromley. England
  - 29 Jan 2006 at 16:40
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  Good movie
  
  Good movie, with someone elses outlook on what has happened.
  
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  - England
  - 07 Feb 2006 at 08:26
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  ex South African
  
  This we really enjoyed, having lived in SA for 25 years it was really great to listen to the lingo of the white south africans and also the blacks it really ... read more »
  
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- 209718
- - Vicki McIntyre
  - Weston-super-Mare, England
  - 21 Feb 2006 at 19:50

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  Based on the novel by Gillian Slovo, Red Dust is Tom Hooper's debut film.
  
  Police officer Dirk Hendricks (Bartlett) files an amnesty application for Alex Mpondo (Ejiofor), a member of the South African Parliament who can't remember the torture he once endured as a captive political ...