Ben du Toit (Donald Sutherland) is a schoolteacher who always has considered himself a man of caring and justice, at least on the individual level. When his gardener, Stanley's (Zakes Mokae's) son, Jonathan (Bekhithemba Mpofu), is brutally beaten up by the Police at a demonstration by black school children, he gradually begins to realize his own society is built on a pillar of injustice and exploitation.... (Full plot summary below)
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Ben du Toit (Donald Sutherland) is a schoolteacher who always has considered himself a man of caring and justice, at least on the individual level. When his gardener, Stanley's (Zakes Mokae's) son, Jonathan (Bekhithemba Mpofu), is brutally beaten up by the Police at a demonstration by black school children, he gradually begins to realize his own society is built on a pillar of injustice and exploitation.
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| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertDonald Sutherland is perfectly cast and quietly effective as a man who will not be turned aside, who does not wish misfortune upon himself or his family, but cannot ignore what has happened to the family of his friend. |
| Nitrate OnlineDan LybargerA heavy-handed but effective condemnation of Apartheid justice. Brando, who worked for free on this one, is great as an opposition lawyer. |
| New York TimesJanet MaslinMr. Brando appears only briefly and is badly missed. His character takes the whole film a notch above where it might otherwise go. |
| South Florida Sun-SentinelCandice RussellThe tough-minded A Dry White Season is the best film yet about the struggle for justice in South Africa. |
| Film FrenzyMatt BrunsonA potent picture about the horrors of apartheid. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumFirst-rate agitprop about the ruthlessness of South African apartheid, directed by Euzhan Palcy (Sugar Cane Alley) and adapted from Andre Brink's novel by Palcy and Colin Welland. The relentless plot is effectively set up and expertly pursued, and Hugh Masekela makes some striking contributions to Dave Grusin's musical score. |
| St. Louis Post-DispatchHarper BarnesA Dry White Season is political cinema so deeply felt it attains a moral grace. A bitter medicine, a painful reminder, it grieves for South Africa as it recounts the atrocities of apartheid. Yes, it is a story already told on a grander scale, but never with such fervor. |
| Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta)Brian GibsonThis adaptation has its flaws, but what lingers is insulated Ben's inaction so juxtaposed with the persecution of Jonathan and then his father. The white man's willful ignorance doesn't just sustain but perpetuates a systemic, brutal, savage racism. |
| Chicago TribuneDave KehrThis is filmmaking meant to engage the heart-and other visceral organs-more than the mind; its effects are simple, broad and directly put. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrDry White Season is no less predictable than its predecessors, but its frankness and sincerity matter more than its fundamental bluntness. |
