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- On Rotten Tomatoes, 90% of 94 critic reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.5/10. The website's critic consensus reads: " Moffie uses one South African soldier's story to grapple against a series of thorny questions – with rough yet rewarding results."
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Apr 9, 2021 · “Moffie” is based on a beloved autobiographical South African novel by André Carl van der Merwe. I have not read the book, but based on the adaptation, I assume there is a lot of internal monologue about its main character, things that cannot be translated properly into film.
Sep 5, 2019 · Reviews. Sep 5, 2019 6:56am PT. Critics Pick. ‘Moffie’ Review: A Brutal but Radiant Queer War Film From South Africa. South African auteur Oliver Hermanus makes his masterpiece with this brutal...
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Apr 9, 2021 · That unbearable, painful erotic tension is more or less the sustained mood of Oliver Hermanus ‘ shimmering and sensual military drama “Moffie,” which is easily the best movie about gay male...
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The most powerful way that this mental conditioning takes place in the film is through the use of the word “moffie” (often translated as “faggot”) which those in charge use relentlessly to insult and controlthe troops. The scenes of training are often harrowing, and the word comes to be an act of violence on the viewer as well. Its effect is to str...
Only in moments of darkness and isolation do the characters feel able to be intimate. In the first scene where Nicholas (Kai Luke Brümmer) is alone with his love interest, Dylan Stassen (Ryan de Villiers), the young men are ordered to spend the night waiting in deep trenches. Their commanding officer, Sergeant Brand (Hilton Pelser), seems to take p...
Hermanus is masterful in linking oppressive masculinity to racism in Moffie. I’ve written before about his 2011 film, Skoonheid (Beauty), and how toxic masculinity and racism place limits on intimacy. Moffieis in many ways a superior film, with striking cinematography emphasising the bleakness of the surroundings and a punching, unnerving score tha...
The actors in Moffiebrilliantly portray these moments of being subject to the assault of toxic masculinity, with a particularly strong performance by Matthew Vey, who plays Nicholas’s best friend, Michael. Another strong performance is from Stefan Vermaak, who plays Oscar, the more willing participant in racist and patriarchal ideology. Brümmer’s p...
Apr 8, 2021 · Review: ‘Moffie’ adroitly depicts a gay man’s life in the apartheid-era South African army. By Robert Abele. April 8, 2021 5:30 AM PT. The Times is committed to reviewing theatrical film ...
- Robert Abele
Apr 11, 2021 · A fascinating and insightful exploration of the experience of these men in a specific time and place, Moffie is thematically rich, examining the strands of toxic masculinity and its formation; equally profound and poignant taken as a military film, as it is a queer narrative. Well-paced, tonally varied, it is a masterful work of poetic beauty ...
Parents need to know that Moffie is a very affecting and challenging drama -- set in 1981 during the South African apartheid -- with strong (homophobic and racist) language, violence, and nudity. The movie shines a harsh light on racial and homophobic prejudice, without pulling any punches.
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