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By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 31 Jul 2017

Katherine Bigelow's powerful testament reminds us not just of our history, but, especially in light of recent events, makes us wonder if we,…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 30 Jul 2017

Bigelow and Boal don’t bring much moral complexity to Detroit…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Time (1,811) on 30 Jul 2017

A well-intentioned picture, it’s also a flawed one…

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By Serena Donadoni (158) for Metro Times (Detroit, MI) (691) on 30 Jul 2017

The filmmakers are better at presenting the events of July 1967 than explaining them…

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By Jamie Graham (285) for Total Film (3,532) on 30 Jul 2017

Dunkirk has a rival in the intensity stakes. Expect Bigelow’s deep-cutting drama to be part of the conversation come awards season…

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By Anthony Lane (1,079) for New Yorker (1,403) on 30 Jul 2017

The problem for Detroit is that, when contrivance is required, it tends to jut out…

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By Kam Williams (1,272) for Baret News (418) on 30 Jul 2017

Riveting revisionist history setting the record straight in a way which will undoubtedly resonate with the Black Lives Matter Movement…

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By Chris Barsanti (896) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 30 Jul 2017

Kathryn Bigelow's latest nerve-scraper is another journalistic war film, only this time set not in the Middle East but the race-riot-shattered…

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By Josh Larsen (2,042) for LarsenOnFilm (1,412) on 29 Jul 2017

ambitious in scope and somewhat struggles for it…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 29 Jul 2017

It has flaws, but they are faults that can be forgiven in view of the film's sheer cinematic power, as well as its historical significance…

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By Eric Henderson (366) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 28 Jul 2017

Kathryn Bigelow hyper-realistically, almost dispassionately, covers her ensemble’s actions in the manner of a somber disaster film…

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By Michael Snydel (83) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 28 Jul 2017

It insists on being on the right side of history, but is so concerned with portraying the extent of the violence that it forgets about victims…

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By Kelly Vance (1,015) for East Bay Express (1,012) on 27 Jul 2017

Detroit is not a relaxing, fun-filled evening at the movies. It's a cavalcade of injustice. But it's one of the most meaningful films of 2017…

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By Alexander Nazaryan (2) for Newsweek (1,534) on 27 Jul 2017

What's missing from Bigelow's film is not sensitivity but nuance…

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By Peter Sobczynski (1,159) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 27 Jul 2017

The problems with Detroit are especially vexing because there is a lot of very good stuff to be had in it as well…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Punch Drunk Critics (518) on 27 Jul 2017

While it takes place in 1967 during the racially-charged 12th Street Riots, the prejudice, injustice, and police violence could be ripped from…

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By Scott Mendelson (400) for Forbes (586) on 27 Jul 2017

Kathryn Bigelow's latest is another demystification of genre, this time detailing an act of historical evil as a grindhouse snuff film…

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By Michael Sragow (1,413) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 27 Jul 2017

Detroit is angry, lucid, bludgeoning, subtle, and at times surprisingly moving…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 27 Jul 2017

Detroit is an audacious, nervy work of art, but it also commemorates history, memorializes the dead and invites reflection on the part of the…

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By Dominick Mayer (133) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 27 Jul 2017

Detroit takes an unyielding look at police violence in a way few major Hollywood films have, examining how easily a bad situation can worsen…

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