The Power of One

"The Power of One spends so much screen time... depicting South Africa's blacks as an anonymous horde of victims that the film, in effect, becomes their victimiser."

"The Power of One begins with a canvas that involves all of the modern South African dilemma, and ends as a boxing movie. Somewhere in between, it loses its way."

"The height of this absurd, white-liberal fantasy is when 12-year-old P. K. leads the prison tribes in an ambitious cross-tribal choral presentation before a group of visiting white dignitaries. That's when you realize "Power" isn't a gripping political drama at all. It's a South African version of "The Sound of Music.""

"A violent cartoon that trivialises apartheid."

"The film's facile treatment of racial issues may be enough to bring back the practice of throwing tomatoes at the screen."

"Avildsen draws good performances from the three actors who play PK, as well as from the ever-reliable Freeman and Mller-Stahl, but subtlety is abandoned when he focuses on the ring and teen romance."

"Beautifully produced and gorgeously shot..."