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By Mauro_Lanari (665) on 03 Apr 2022

(Mauro Lanari) It is difficult not to feel repulsion for such a rudely reactionary and at times vulgar Denzel, who exports democracy in the…

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By Simran Hans (401) for The Observer (UK) (826) on 23 Jan 2022

Adams is a vivacious screen presence with a twinkle in her eye, and Jordan can’t quite match her, unable to draw out any real inner turmoil…

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By Marina Ashioti (28) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 21 Jan 2022

In spite of its trite predictability and overlong running time, it’s clearly a loving tribute with its heart in the right place, but the…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 21 Jan 2022

Director Denzel Washington and his stars do their best with this bland, shallow and awkwardly structured film…

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By Whelan Barzey (14) for Empire (3,446) on 20 Jan 2022

A Journal For Jordan is probably better suited to the page than the screen. Despite winning chemistry from Michael  B…

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By Exceladeogun (55) on 13 Jan 2022

A journal for Jordan Great acting from Michael B Jordan and the rest of the cast…

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By Nell Minow (2,357) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 03 Jan 2022

It wears its heart on its sleeve, unpretentious and sincere as a homemade valentine…

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By John Fink (368) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 30 Dec 2021

A film such as this lives and dies by its leads, and both are wonderful on-screen together, creating a realistic love story that works well…

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By Tvjerry (1,783) on 25 Dec 2021

This is based on the memoir by the real mother (and partially on the titular journal)…

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By Desib (1) on 25 Dec 2021

Not what you were expecting in Washington's theatrical debut…

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By Lisa Kennedy (833) for The New York Times (9,847) on 23 Dec 2021

Denzel Washington directs this adaptation (the screenplay is by Virgil Williams) with care, respect and a deep-seated knowledge of the Black…

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By Mary Sollosi (29) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 23 Dec 2021

Uninspired though it is, A Journal for Jordan delivers on the heartbreak of its premise. You will weep…

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By Michael Ordona (350) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 23 Dec 2021

The picture’s too rosy to feel real. Its elements of posthumous, loving advice and inevitable tragedy make for good bones…

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By Lovia Gyarkye (142) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 23 Dec 2021

It’s ultimately a mixed bag, with the final moments acquiring an emotional power that should be felt sooner…

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By Sarah-Tai Black (68) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 23 Dec 2021

There is a specific tone to films scheduled for a holiday release – in short, they’re corny…

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By Mark Feeney (434) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 22 Dec 2021

Journal is Canedy’s story, but it’s Michael B. Jordan’s movie. Stalwart, quietly forceful, he seems positively . . . Denzelian…

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By Pat Padua (495) for Washington Post (9,851) on 21 Dec 2021

Despite a story line that covers such fraught historical events as 9/11 and the Iraq War, the movie is too tidy to ever really feel like a…

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By Mark Kennedy (184) for The Associated Press (882) on 21 Dec 2021

Washington earns his audience’s tears with an unrushed, unshowy style, letting an adult and very human relationship evolve on camera, skipping…

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By Cary Darling (452) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 20 Dec 2021

A Journal for Jordan...is such a sweetly, well-intentioned film — one meant to bring a Christmastime lump in the throat in a year that gave…

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By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 20 Dec 2021

Adapted from a 2008 memoir by former New York Times writer and editor Dana Canedy, it trades in cloying sentimentality and romance, the gooey…

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