Tsotsi

"Tsotsi" is a South African film by Gavin Hood from 2006. It centers on a mischievous young man named, Tsotsi. Tsotsi is the leader of a gang and while tries to steel a woman’s car; he shoots her only to realize that she has a three-month-old baby in the back seat.

The film centers on Tsotsi attempting to care for the child. After he realizes that he is as immature as the baby, he threatens a local woman to help him take care of the baby.

Not a favorite of mine, Tsotsi’s story didn’t catch my interest one bit. It felt like Tsotsi didn’t have any common sense to take care of minor problems let alone the major problem of him stealing a baby when he could have just left the baby outside of the car with the mother and then drove off.

I don’t usually tell movies what to do but to me it was frustrating to sit there and watch.

As for the basics, the acting was well done and the editing kept my attention for the duration of the film.