Fresh
Beresford, adapting Joyce Cary's 1939 novel, looks at the psychological relationships inherent in colonialism with some subtlety.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Mister Johnson
Africa 1923: A clash of cultures between British imperalists and a black man too smart for his own good.
1990 · 1h 41m · PG-13
Drama
Directed by
Bruce Beresford
Overview
In 1923 British Colonial Nigeria, Mister Johnson 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 considers himself English, though he has never been to England. He is always scheming, trying to get ahead, which lands him in a lot of hot water.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
82%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Beresford and writer William Boyd have delivered a film strangely devoid of emotion and lacking a clear point of view.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
The film works well as far as it goes, but some of the story's emotional power is denatured or lost.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
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.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
No great friend of colonialism, Beresford makes his point without losing sight of either history or its mostly unsung heroes.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
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