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Mister Johnson

Africa 1923: A clash of cultures between British imperalists and a black man too smart for his own good.
Africa 1923: A clash of cultures between British imperalists and a bl...
Drama - 1991
Mister Johnson
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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:
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Bruce Beresford
Cast:
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Pierce Brosnan
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Denis Quilley
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Edward Woodward
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Beatie Edney
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Maynard Eziashi
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Nick Reding
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Bella Enahoro
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Kwabena Manso
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Femi Fatoba
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Bella Enahoro

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Details

Runtime:
101 min
Release date:
22 Mar 1991
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Beresford, adapting Joyce Cary's 1939 novel, looks at the psychological relationships inherent in colonialism with some subtlety.
– Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Sep 2011
rotten:
Beresford and writer William Boyd have delivered a film strangely devoid of emotion and lacking a clear point of view.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
28 Jul 2008
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,
30 Aug 2004
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,
1 Jan 2000
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,
1 Jan 2000
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