Clint Eastwood’s Invictus may well be remembered for bringing the Nelson Mandela rise-to-power story to Western audiences, or for being the film Matt Damon was Oscar-nominated for instead of the one he should’ve been nominated for ( The Informant! ). But it should be remembered as the film that gave many Americans their first glimpse of rugby — which, I must say, makes hyper-padded, five-second-play American football look like an old ladies’ bridge match. We get to see only enough rugby to make us wonder what the hell the rules are, and how in the hell the players survive even one season.
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Invictus on DVD: How Good is Matt Damon? (Hint: Very)
