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Crown Heights (2017) - Critic Reviews - Page 3 of 4

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By Robin Clifford (1,670) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 25 Aug 2017

It is straightforward storytelling of a little know true life suffering at the hands of a system that does not seem to care…

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By Armond White (604) for National Review (314) on 24 Aug 2017

Crown Heights needs more such insight. Instead, its docu-fantasy style often rings as clichéd…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 24 Aug 2017

This egregious case of injustice...is an important story to tell, but although Ruskin attempts moments of poetry, he succeeds with the procedural…

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By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 24 Aug 2017

The story starts to get really interesting and engaging when Carl gets down to work, revisiting the case from so many years ago…

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By Clint Worthington (295) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 23 Aug 2017

As a Big Message movie about the racism inherent in the criminal justice system, Crown Heights succeeds admirably enough…

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By Graham Fuller (154) for Culture Trip (49) on 23 Aug 2017

This is a timely film about institutionalized racism in America, and related issues of ghettoization and violence within black communities…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 23 Aug 2017

Acted with gravity, emotion and a sense of the serious issues involved by stars Lakeith Stanfield, Nnamdi Asomugha and Natalie Paul, Crown…

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By Jake Coyle (526) for Associated Press (1,685) on 22 Aug 2017

Yet the film, full of good intentions and compelling performers, fails to find a dramatic structure for its considerable timespan…

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By Danny King (66) for Village Voice (8,525) on 21 Aug 2017

Most of Crown Heights, which is based on an episode of public radio’s This American Life, suffers from structural confusion…

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By Rick Bentley (466) for Tribune News Service (1,102) on 20 Aug 2017

Stanfield's performance is the solid foundation for the film…

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By Candice Frederick (452) for Hello Beautiful (6) on 20 Aug 2017

A story that is as heartbreaking as it is inspiring, Crown Heights is an especially poignant film in today's times that succeeds in illuminating…

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By Jordan Hoffman (1,025) for amNewYork (559) on 17 Aug 2017

You can't tell yourself it's just a movie…

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By Matt Zoller Seitz (637) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 17 Aug 2017

Stanfield is a true movie star, radiating decency even as the character's shell hardens…

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By Dwight Brown (181) for National Newspaper Publishers Association (180) on 16 Aug 2017

In the wake of misguided and somewhat exploitative films like Detroit, Crown Heights is a godsend…

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By Benjamin Lee (469) for Guardian (4,584) on 16 Aug 2017

It’s an earnest rather then energetic retelling but Stanfield’s stare is indelible…

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By Emily Yoshida (237) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 16 Aug 2017

We’re left floored by the facts of Colin Warner’s case; the film itself falls away…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for The New York Times (9,847) on 16 Aug 2017

Like its protagonist, sensitively and shrewdly played by Lakeith Stanfield, the film is soft-spoken and thoughtful, with sweet, lyrical touches…

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By Leonardo Faierman (26) for Black Girl Nerds (256) on 16 Aug 2017

It feels especially rewarding to experience such an emotionally resonant and dignified series of immigrant portraits…

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By Kenji Fujishima (277) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 12 Aug 2017

The film plays like a human-interest story in which all of the humanity has been gutted in favor of deadening narrative efficiency…

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By Nathan Mcvay (7) for HeyUGuys (1,461) on 09 Jul 2017

This is an incredibly important story and a film that needs to be seen…

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