Dreams can make a life worth living, but they can also be dashed by bad decisions. This is the crossroads whare the Younger family find themselves when their father passes away and leaves them with $10,000 in life insurance money. Should they buy a new home for the family? Perhaps a liquor store? While no choice is easy, life on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s is even harder.
A Raisin in the Sun has generally received positive reviews.
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A Raisin in the Sun was released in 2008 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 96 reviews, giving A Raisin in the Sun (2008) an average rating of 65%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 82%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 75%.
With a score of 65%, A Raisin in the Sun is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2008, which stands at 56%.
Other movies from 2008 with similar scores include films like The Incredible Hulk, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and Valkyrie.
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