Review of American Son (2019) by Thetruthtolite — 21 Nov 2019

Movie was so horrible!! If you want to hear two people bicker for an hour and half tune in.

This review of American Son (2019) was written by Thetruthtolite on 21 Nov 2019.

American Son has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 14 Sep 2019

It’s a deafening misfire, like the most unbearable, unwatchable daytime TV soap filled with the most awful self-conscious hamminess, parodic…

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By Glenn Kenny (1,728) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 01 Nov 2019

All these “what incredible irony!” moments are designed to…well, I’m not quite sure…

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By Jluis_001 (2,242) on 15 Nov 2019

This was a play, as as film feels quite boring and disjointed…

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By Tambay Obenson (20) for IndieWire (3,631) on 30 Oct 2019

Perhaps writer Demos-Brown and director Kenny Leon hope to tap into our collective consciences, but it’s difficult to be moved by such hackneyed,…

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By Xkingslayer (3) on 12 Nov 2019

Without a doubt one of the biggest waste of times I've ever experienced. Nothing but race propaganda the entire movie…

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By Tiscott1990 (1) on 25 Jan 2020

I am a mother of a mixed son. He is to young to understand the harshness of the world right now. This movie really touched me…

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By Dudacarvalho (1) on 15 Nov 2019

It’s a very needed movie this days... Incredible and heartbreaking story…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 25 Nov 2019

American Son never quite lapses into terrible, but as with a play that needs another week of out of town tryouts, it “never gets on its feet,”…

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By Batman725 (1) on 05 Nov 2019

So much social pandering I forgot the entire plot line…

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By Pedroyan (1) on 25 Dec 2019

The movie taps into the core racial issues in modern USA and does that masterfully…

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