ed ▁from ▁life ▁by ▁ ▁David ▁Cre ge en . ▁The ▁head ▁was ▁don ated ▁by ▁the ▁sculpt or ▁and ▁sold ▁in ▁aid ▁of ▁the ▁char ity ' s ▁work ▁in ▁South ▁Africa . ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁response ▁On ▁Rotten ▁Tomatoes , ▁the ▁film ▁has ▁an ▁appro val ▁rating ▁of ▁ 6 0 % ▁based ▁on ▁ 1 3 9 ▁reviews , ▁with ▁an ▁average ▁rating ▁of ▁ 6 . 1 9 / 1 0 . ▁The ▁site ' s ▁critical ▁cons ensus ▁reads , ▁" It ▁might ▁be ▁too ▁respect ful ▁to ▁truly ▁so ar , ▁but ▁there ' s ▁no ▁den ying ▁Id ris ▁El ba ' s ▁impress ive ▁work ▁in ▁Mand ela : ▁Long ▁Walk ▁to ▁Fre edom ▁-- ▁or ▁the ▁inspir ational ▁power ▁of ▁the ▁life ▁it ▁dep ict s ." ▁At ▁Met ac rit ic , ▁which ▁assign s ▁a ▁weight ed ▁average ▁rating ▁to ▁reviews , ▁the ▁film ▁has ▁an ▁average ▁score ▁of ▁ 6 0 ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 , ▁based ▁on ▁ 3 2 ▁critics , ▁indicating ▁" m ixed ▁or ▁average ▁reviews ". ▁ ▁Scott ▁Found as ▁of ▁Vari ety ▁said ▁the ▁film ▁" ne ver ▁opts ▁for ▁a ▁light ▁touch ▁when ▁a ▁s ledge ham mer ▁will ▁do ", ▁but ▁also ▁pra ises ▁El ba ▁for ▁" a ▁tower ing ▁performance , ▁a ▁Mand ela ▁for ▁the ▁ages ". ▁ ▁Claud ia ▁Pu ig ▁of ▁USA ▁Today ▁agreed ▁that ▁El ba ' s ▁performance ▁was ▁powerful ▁but ▁felt ▁the ▁film