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By Danielle Solzman (397) for Solzy at the Movies (339) on 19 Nov 2017

Based on the Tony-winning Broadway play of the same name, Fences is just as powerful on the big screen…

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By Matthew Bond (673) for The Mail on Sunday (UK) (704) on 15 Oct 2017

With an abundance of baseball references, Fences, which also outstays its welcome, is likely to struggle to win over British audiences…

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By Sarah Marrs (566) for Lainey Gossip (399) on 13 Oct 2017

Fences comes to the stage almost entirely intact, including Wilson's beautiful language and scenery-chewing monologues, and as Troy [Denzel]…

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By George Thomas (95) for The Cleveland Movie Blog (37) on 18 Sep 2017

That may be Washington's greatest accomplishment in bringing it to the screen - allowing hope to rise from circumstances that are less than hopeful…

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By M. Faust (314) for The Public (Buffalo) (288) on 17 Sep 2017

Playwright Wilson wrote the screenplay, and resists the effort to open the play up too much…

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By Lisa Jensen (117) for Good Times Santa Cruz (117) on 10 Sep 2017

It's a meaty tour-de-force of comic camaraderie, defiance, disillusion, and chutzpah, that [Denzel] Washington delivers con brio-and it's only…

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By Rebecca Lewis (15) for Metro (UK) (700) on 04 Sep 2017

Balancing the joys of the script that turned Wilson's play into a multi award-winning juggernaut with a desire to adapt such a play for Hollywood…

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By Diane Carson (151) for KDHX (St. Louis) (284) on 28 Aug 2017

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By Ernesto Diezmartinez (236) for Cine Vértigo (222) on 11 Jul 2017

A visually monotonous film that, however, ends up mesmerizing thanks to a remarkable cast of actors. [Full review in Spanish]…

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By Eleanor Ringel Cater (614) for Saporta Report (Atlanta) (228) on 15 Jun 2017

Denzel Washington, well, swings for the fences. And while he doesn't quite hit a home run, he does manage a solid triple…

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By Candice Frederick (452) for Reel Talk Online (378) on 22 Mar 2017

The performances by each of its six main characters…

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By Sean Axmaker (1,564) for Stream on Demand (168) on 16 Mar 2017

It's Washington's third directorial effort and, as in his previous films, the camera serves the actors. He remains true to the play…

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By Dan Webster (147) for Spokesman-Review (Washington) (147) on 15 Mar 2017

As with many such family dramas, Davis' Rose is the foundation - and the scene in which she expresses betrayal may well be the movie's best…

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By Diane Pershing (77) for Malibu Times (77) on 09 Mar 2017

All that being said, Washington and Viola Davis - reprising their 2010 Broadway roles - are so damn good and the supporting cast is so solid,…

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By John Serba (472) for MLive.com (475) on 03 Mar 2017

The bare-bones aesthetic means the film functions as a showcase for its cast, with Washington and Davis outsizing their environs with vivid…

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By José Martín (128) for El antepenúltimo mohicano (311) on 02 Mar 2017

Fences abandons itself too much to reproduce its texts with grandiloquence but sacrifices much of the emotion and dramatic depth in the way…

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By Jordi Costa (207) for El Pais (Spain) (511) on 24 Feb 2017

A film which tone fails to prepare the viewer for a final camera movement that should rise to the transcendent, not the kitsch…

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By Sarah Ward (538) for Concrete Playground (635) on 23 Feb 2017

Above all else, this is an actor's showcase…

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By Alberto Bermejo (41) for El Mundo (Spain) (301) on 23 Feb 2017

A gritty drama about frustration and racial determinism in which Washington stands as the overall responsibility. [Full review in Spanish]…

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By Alex Casey (54) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 22 Feb 2017

Fences is a poignant domestic drama that takes its time and seldom cuts corners, the dialogue sprawling and spiking in a way that seems much…

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