Mister Johnson 1990 Watch Free in HD

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.

Genre:

Drama

Actors:

Maynard Eziashi, Pierce Brosnan, Edward Woodward, Beatie Edney, Denis Quilley, Nick Reding, Bella Enahoro, Femi Fatoba, Q, Hubert Ogunde, Sola Adeyemi, ...»

Director:

Bruce Beresford

Country:

United States

Release:

1990

IMDb:

6.4

Quality:

Duration:

101 min

New York Times

The film works well as far as it goes, but some of the story's emotional power is denatured or lost.

August 30, 2004

rec.arts.movies.reviews

A standout performance by Maynard Eziashi in the title role

January 01, 2000

TV Guide

To both the humane Rudbeck, intelligently played by Pierce Brosnan, and the abusive drunkard Gollup, Johnson is a cipher.

August 12, 2014

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Variety

Beresford and writer William Boyd have delivered a film strangely devoid of emotion and lacking a clear point of view.

July 28, 2008

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Film4

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.

May 24, 2003

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Chicago Sun-Times

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.

January 01, 2000

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Spirituality and Practice

A richly nuanced and well-acted screen version of Joyce Cary's 1839 novel.

July 12, 2003

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Washington Post

No great friend of colonialism, Beresford makes his point without losing sight of either history or its mostly unsung heroes.

January 01, 2000

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Washington Post

Although this colonial satire has intelligent aims, it's always a degree or two off the mark.

January 01, 2000

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Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

This just doesn't really work, but then, neither did the novel.

August 24, 2003

Entertainment Weekly

Beresford, adapting Joyce Cary's 1939 novel, looks at the psychological relationships inherent in colonialism with some subtlety.

September 07, 2011

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