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(1 - 27) of 27 OFCS Rating: 63% Fresh Page   1   "'Catch a Fire' gets off to a slow start, but once the suspense kicks in, it's a riveting movie with superb performances by Robbins and Luke."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker 2/5 "The villains are clearly marked, but never with enough nuance or design to make them memorable, while the heroes are flawed but not to the point of challenging archetypes."   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin B- ""Catch a Fire" is an incendiary movie about an individual's desperate decision to battle a corrupt government system after being mentally and psychically abused."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "While this "political thriller" features plenty of action and reaction, it also leads to a kind of transcendent and yet also immediate, very earthly peace, as Derek Luke and Patrick Chamusso share the screen under the closing credits."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 4/5 "'Catch a Fire' is proof that revenge may be a dish that's best not served at all."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger 4/5 "Derek Luke owns this movie from start to finish, and the film's truest power comes entirely from within him."   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius 4/5 "A scathing examination of how oppression and torture breed terrorism."   eFilmCritic.com   Dawn Taylor C+ "Though it was earnest in its heartfelt message, the film was not remarkable enough to make it memorable."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz C+ "Both men are ordinary, flawed characters, neither of them grand or outsize enough to warrant biopic treatment."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider C+ "There's a lot to process here -- to its credit, the film is ambiguous in its treatment of violent terrorism to fight apartheid -- but nothing hits on an emotional level."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov B- "Moderately moving but not truly shattering, as you might expect of a film with this theme;...its impact is more intellectual than visceral."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 4/5 "A thought-provoking depiction of the process whereby self-righteous zealots who use barbaric tactics and torture to achieve their goals actually create more terrorists."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/4 "It's possible to see a deeper level to what's on screen but, regardless of whether or not a viewer chooses to engage the film in that way, it's an effective piece of cinema."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli "Actually serves as little else but agitprop for South Africa's ruling party . . ."   SA Movie & DVD Magazine   James O'Ehley 2.5/4 "Preachy to a fault and culminating in a treacly message."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 6/10 "Save for a committed performance by Derek Luke in the film's lead role, there's little that's terribly remarkable about Catch a Fire."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen "If this all sounds a bit Manichean and over-earnest, well, it is."   Pajiba   Jeremy C. Fox 1.5/4 "The danger with films like Catch a Fire is that it wields the past purposefully as propaganda without tipping off the audience."   Bangitout.com   Jordan Hiller "When someone makes a movie, a quarter of a century from now, about the American occupation of Iraq, it's going to look like Catch a Fire, and it's going to be enraging."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3/5 "A well-made and aggravating (in a good way) character study."   Goatdog's Movies   Michael W. Phillips, Jr. B+ " A sizzling performance by Derek Luke ignites this story about Patrick Chamusso, a South African oil refinery worker who became caught up in the fight against apartheid."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 3.5/5 "A true story from apartheid-era South Africa, this moving and inspiring story has a heavy contemporary resonance."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B "A story of bigotry, hatred, rebellion, forgiveness and finally, healing."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten 8.5/10 "The rough trip of South African anti-apartheid hero Patrick Chamusso from apolitical worker to galvanized revolutionary and the brutal Afrikaner regime that tried to contain him."   Monsters and Critics   Ron Wilkinson 3.5/4 "I can't say enough about Luke, who has been good before but breaks out with this multifaceted performance."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell "Ultimately, [director Phillip Noyce] does a pretty good job of telling us the cost of freedom; he just can't quite put us inside the skin of the people who had to pay it."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 27) of 27 OFCS Rating: 63% Fresh Page   1