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Mister Johnson
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The movie is set in 1923 in British Colonial Nigeria with a man named Mister Johnson. He is an oddity - an educated black man who doesn't really fit in with the natives or the British. He works for the local British magistrate and is always scheming, trying to get ahead.
The movie is set in 1923 in British Colonial Nigeria with a man named Mister Johnson. He is an oddity - an educated black man who doesn't really fit in with the natives or the British. He works for the local British magistrate and is always scheming, trying to get ahead.
Actors:
Sola Adeyemi,
Sani Izang,
Pierce Brosnan,
Gladys Dadzie,
Akinola Ayegbusi,
Philip Elegonya,
Steve James,
Hajia Nana Yahaya,
Matt Dadzie,
Jerry Linus,
Ibidun Ogunde,
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Sola Adeyemi
27 April 1965, Imesi-Ile, Nigeria
Sani Izang
Pierce Brosnan
16 May 1953, Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland
Gladys Dadzie
Akinola Ayegbusi
Philip Elegonya
Steve James
19 February 1952, New York City, New York, USA
Hajia Nana Yahaya
Matt Dadzie
Jerry Linus
Ibidun Ogunde
Genre:
Drama
Director:
Bruce Beresford
Bruce Beresford
16 August 1940, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Country:
United States
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January 01, 2000
A standout performance by Maynard Eziashi in the title role
July 28, 2008
Beresford and writer William Boyd have delivered a film strangely devoid of emotion and lacking a clear point of view.
January 01, 2000
I have seen "Mister Johnson" two times, and both times I admired its sense of time and place, and the thoughtful performances of Eziashi, Brosnan and Woodward.
May 24, 2003
Issues of race and racism here are as vague as they were in Driving Miss Daisy, and you are left with the impression Beresford is happy to dodge the issues he dabbles with.
August 12, 2014
To both the humane Rudbeck, intelligently played by Pierce Brosnan, and the abusive drunkard Gollup, Johnson is a cipher.
September 07, 2011
Beresford, adapting Joyce Cary's 1939 novel, looks at the psychological relationships inherent in colonialism with some subtlety.
January 01, 2000
No great friend of colonialism, Beresford makes his point without losing sight of either history or its mostly unsung heroes.
July 12, 2003
A richly nuanced and well-acted screen version of Joyce Cary's 1839 novel.
New York Times
August 30, 2004
The film works well as far as it goes, but some of the story's emotional power is denatured or lost.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
August 24, 2003
This just doesn't really work, but then, neither did the novel.
January 01, 2000
Although this colonial satire has intelligent aims, it's always a degree or two off the mark.