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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 25 Jul 2017

Anthony Mackie is a standout as a careful Vietnam vet, a guy who's only moved from one battlefield to another…

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By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 25 Jul 2017

Kathryn Bigelow's tough docudrama Detroit begins as a frightening, authentic re-creation of the Motor City's 1967 race riots, then roller-coasters…

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By Joshua Rothkopf (1,058) for Time Out (7,510) on 25 Jul 2017

To watch Bigelow’s expertly calibrated chaos during the riots’ escalation – nothing short of block-by-block guerilla warfare – is to…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 25 Jul 2017

This is a sombre, grieving movie which appears to gesture to the ghost-town ruin that is still in Detroit’s future…

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By Josh Slater-Williams (157) for The Skinny (809) on 25 Jul 2017

While its centrepiece section justifies a recommendation all on its own, the material that makes up the rest of Detroit is not without some problems…

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By Don Kaye (124) for Den of Geek (424) on 24 Jul 2017

Detroit is a must-see film not only because it recreates an era and a series of incidents that could easily be forgotten in today's culture…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 24 Jul 2017

A handful of films, from The Battle of Algiers to Paul Greengrass' splendid Bloody Sunday, have met the challenge of dramatizing civil unrest…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 24 Jul 2017

It's a hardcore masterpiece that digs into our violent past to hold up a dark mirror to the systemic racism that still rages in the here and now…

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

Anyone who doesn't understand the Black Lives Matter movement would be well advised to take in Kathryn Bigelow's terrifyingly immersive account…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 24 Jul 2017

Arriving in theaters almost exactly 50 years since the Detroit riots of late July 1967, Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit is a searing, pulse-pounding,…

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By Pete Hammond (936) for Deadline Hollywood Daily (332) on 23 Jul 2017

Kathryn Bigelow and writer Mark Boal are to be commended for tackling important and pertinent stories, but Detroit is a mixed bag…

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By Leah Greenblatt (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 23 Jul 2017

A sincere effort to illuminate a singularly dark chapter in history — and a stark reminder of exactly what gets lost when human beings fail…

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By Jordan Hoffman (1,025) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 23 Jul 2017

This movie will spark debate, even with an end title card that reminds audiences of the concept of dramatic license…

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By Adam Graham (720) for Detroit News (2,682) on 22 Jul 2017

It hurts, because it needs to. This is not a film about civic pride or the city's comeback…

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By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 22 Jul 2017

Intense and physically powerful in the way it conveys its atrocious events, the film nonetheless remains short on complexity, as if it were…

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By Mike Ryan (265) for Uproxx (697) on 22 Jul 2017

Detroit plays out like a real life horror movie…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 22 Jul 2017

This gritty, gripping movie starts slowly but builds in intensity, culminating in sorrow and raw nerves…

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By Clayton Davis (240) for AwardsCircuit.com (450) on 22 Jul 2017

Detroit taps into something real and too familiar. Its vivacious and riveting interior matches its passionate and acute exterior…

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By David Poland (216) for Movie City News (162) on 22 Jul 2017

With the BANG of a starter's pistol, a hot snowball of rage and fear starts rolling downhill, gathering speed as all struggle to get out of the way…

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By Robin Clifford (1,670) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 22 Jul 2017

I am talking about a powerful piece of storytelling that is the best film so far this year…

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