On a cold afternoon during the Apartheid era, an aging "Brown" couple arrive at the Swartkops mud flat near Cape Town. They are scavengers rousted out of their shanty town that morning by Afrikaners. They've walked all day carrying what they possess. She may be alcoholic, he's prone to anger: earlier that day, he beat her for something she didn't do. Over the next 12 or 15 hours, their relationship goes through a storm, partly as each remembers earlier events both happy and t... (Full plot summary below)
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On a cold afternoon during the Apartheid era, an aging "Brown" couple arrive at the Swartkops mud flat near Cape Town. They are scavengers rousted out of their shanty town that morning by Afrikaners. They've walked all day carrying what they possess. She may be alcoholic, he's prone to anger: earlier that day, he beat her for something she didn't do. Over the next 12 or 15 hours, their relationship goes through a storm, partly as each remembers earlier events both happy and tragic, and because Lena, over Boesman's objections, takes into their camp an elderly Xhosa tribesman, a Black. Boesman is cruel to the old man, she is kind, and as rain heads toward them, a confrontation develops.
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| L.A. WeeklyF. X. FeeneyA labor of love -- a swan song repaying a lifetime of happy debts to the theater, by grace of two terrific performances. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumAbout two people on a stage, talking their way into and out of alienation. |
| Miami HeraldCary DarlingGradually, the power of the material and the stars takes hold, flashbacks begin to flesh out the characters' lives, and Boesman & Lena comes alive--achingly and passionately. |
| Film.comJared RapfogelGlover and Bassett ground the film, in the flashbacks and in the body of the film, and lessen the riskiness of maintaining the play's theatricality. |
| ColeSmithey.comCole SmitheyJohn Berry's last film, before he passed away, contains moving performances from Angela Bassett and Danny Glover. |
| TV Guide MagazineKen Fox(Bassett's) finally been given another part worthy of her talents, and she makes the most of it. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittGlover and Bassett play the title characters with great energy, and Berry has invested the movie with the moral conscience that underpinned his entire career. |
| New York PostLou LumenickStilted as a beach house, the movie crawls from one harangue to another. |
| User ReviewBryan KGlover draws upon all of his acting experience, and also his role as Mandela, to provide an outstanding performance. This is wonderful, uplifiting and very sad. |
