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Critic Liz Beardsworth
rated 8

With lively pacing, superb performances and a candid yet forgiving heart, Hood has created an inverse fairy tale that is never less than absorbing.

Read full review at Empire
Critic Roger Ebert
rated 10

What a simple and yet profound story this is. It does not sentimentalize poverty or make Tsotsi more colorful or sympathetic than he should be...

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Critic Scott Tobias
rated 4

Who knew cold-blooded sociopaths were such softies at heart?

Read full review at The A.V. Club
Critic Frederik Asschenfeldt Vandrup
rated 7

...den kender sin fortælleteori og ved præcis, hvordan historien skal doseres for at virke.

Read full review at Cinemazone

Cast & Crew

Gavin Hood
Director
Gavin Hood
Writer
Ian Roberts
As Captain Smit
Jerry Mofokeng
As Morris
Rapulana Seiphemo
As John Dube
Owen Sejake
As Gumboot Dlamini

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In a poverty-stricken township outside Johannesburg, South Africa, a young gang leader named Tsotsi is forced to confront his violent lifestyle when he accidentally kidnaps a baby while stealing a car. Despite his initial reluctance, Tsotsi forms a bond with the child and seeks the help of a kind-hearted mother, Miriam, to care for him. As he struggles to balance his responsibilities as a makeshift father and a criminal, Tsotsi must face the consequences of his actions and decide what kind of life he truly wants to lead.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Tsotsi include The Departed, Unthinkable, No Country for Old Men, Requiem for a Dream, The Detective, City of God.