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By Adam Graham (720) for Detroit News (2,682) on 31 Aug 2017

Crown Heights plows forward, steely in its resolve, and forgoes the emotional fireworks in favor of subdued, straightforward storytelling…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 30 Aug 2017

Tells a sadly familiar story, but it does so well…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 30 Aug 2017

The movie feels like the first draft of a story, waiting for the substance, context, and insight to be added as the writing process progresses…

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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 30 Aug 2017

The two men's relationship, and others in the film, might have been explored in greater depth, but Ruskin rightly keeps his focus on the judicial…

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By Noah Gittell (113) for Washington City Paper (500) on 30 Aug 2017

With subtle touches, Crown Heights deftly sketches a portrait of a system designed to fail those without money or influence…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 30 Aug 2017

As compelling as Warner’s story is, Crown Heights never quite takes hold cinematically…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 30 Aug 2017

When the actors get their chances, Crown Heights rises above the routine…

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By Mark Feeney (434) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 30 Aug 2017

The film has two big things going for it: Stanfield and Asomugha…

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By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 29 Aug 2017

It’s a quietly inspiring portrait of selflessness, although not always a stirring one…

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By Peter Hartlaub (620) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 29 Aug 2017

Crown Heights is a challenging film with long treks between uplifting moments. And there’s no question the film earns every moment of grace…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 29 Aug 2017

As righteous as it is, Crown Heights fritters away goodwill normally built by intimate, revealing performances, sacrificing clarity for under-explained…

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By Kam Williams (1,272) for Baret News (418) on 27 Aug 2017

A sobering indictment of the legal system that'll leave you wondering how many other Colin Warners might be incarcerated by a heartless prison-industrial…

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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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