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A Balasaur Score of 73 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 82%, Metacritic 70/100. Scores higher than 86% of the 920 2000s crime movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A young South African boy from the Johannesburg ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster, leaves home as a child to get away from his helpless parents. Now a teenage thug, Tsotsi finds a baby in the back seat of a car he's just stolen. He decides that it is his responsibility to care for the infant and in the process learns that maybe the criminal life isn’t the best way.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes82%
Metacritic70/100
361 audience votes
Key crew
- Gavin HoodDirector
- Paul HepkerOriginal Music Composer
- Mark KilianOriginal Music Composer
- Gavin HoodWriter
Cast
- Presley ChweneyagaeTsotsi
- Jerry MofokengMorris
- Terry PhetoMiriam
- Zenzo NgqobeButcher
- ZolaFela
- Rapulana SeiphemoJohn Dube
- Nambitha MpumlwanaPumla Dube
- Percy MatsemelaSergeant Zuma
- Thembi NyandeniSoekie
- Owen SejakeGumboot Dlamini
- Israel MakoeTsotsi's father
- Sindi KhambuleTsotsi's Mother
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Themes
babypoliceslumfighthijackingjohannesburg, south africalovefriendsmurdergangcriminal
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