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By Vicky Roach (269) for Daily Telegraph (Australia) (376) on 10 Feb 2017

[Washington and Davis] first performed August Wilson's play on Broadway in 2010 to rave reviews and Tony awards…

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By David Stratton (799) for The Australian (781) on 10 Feb 2017

As it is, we are able to enjoy a theatrical experience, and some really fine acting, with minimal obvious changes made to the original stage…

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By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Adelaide Review (243) on 10 Feb 2017

It is funny, albeit typically in the most uncomfortable, end-of-your-tether fashion, and the fraught humour does mostly survive the unnecessary…

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By Kate Muir (612) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 09 Feb 2017

Fences is the most classical piece of drama in the best picture line-up for this year's Oscars, with outstanding performances by Denzel Washington…

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By Adam Sweeting (122) for The Arts Desk (640) on 09 Feb 2017

[Washington] has a terrific cast at his disposal…

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By Brian Pendreigh (23) for Radio Times (2,421) on 09 Feb 2017

Washington treats the source material with a little too much reverence, although his commanding presence fills the screen…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 09 Feb 2017

Fences is filled with lengthy speeches that soar and glide like a bird in flight and there is a poetry in the everyday struggles of these ordinary…

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By Liam Maguren (146) for Flicks.co.nz (982) on 09 Feb 2017

You need to go into this for the love of great acting and superb writing. Do that and you'll be rewarded…

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By Alistair Harkness (1,042) for Scotsman (1,471) on 09 Feb 2017

Washington and co-lead Viola Davis deliver Wilson's loquacious dialogue with such dazzling force that their combined screen presence renders…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 09 Feb 2017

Denzel Washington is a class act, and he has given us a classy piece of work…

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By Nigel Andrews (1,359) for Financial Times (1,822) on 09 Feb 2017

Fences is a filmed play that never seems anything else: a yatter of life of death, directed by Denzel Washington from August Wilson's Pulitzer-winning…

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By David Jenkins (910) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 09 Feb 2017

Washington is customarily magnetic, but this is Davis' film…

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By Tim Robey (1,578) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 09 Feb 2017

The great coup Washington delivers, beyond framing his co-star’s virtuous anguish so well, is the risky, brilliant, and frequently alienating…

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By Tomas Trussow (247) for Film Inquiry (1,269) on 08 Feb 2017

Fences is an important tale of humanity, responsibility, self-sacrifice and error told from the perspective of lives that have been occluded…

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By Sophia Watson (32) for FILMINK (Australia) (1,405) on 08 Feb 2017

Denzel as director never feels fully in control of the material, but Fences shines in its performances and pithy dialogue…

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By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 08 Feb 2017

There is no doubting the power and the fury charging through the work of Washington -- who also directs here -- and a few of his most compelling…

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By Geoffrey Macnab (1,253) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 08 Feb 2017

This feels more like a record of a stage performance than a film in its own right…

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By John Bleasdale (289) for CineVue (2,163) on 08 Feb 2017

With its depth and power, Wilson's play is a blue-collar Death of a Salesman and the music of the dialogue, with Davis and Washington at the…

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By Terri White (32) for Empire (3,446) on 06 Feb 2017

A simply extraordinary film without crashes, bangs and wallops but full of towering performances delivered with intelligence, power and heart…

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By Stefan Pape (613) for HeyUGuys (1,461) on 06 Feb 2017

Given this is based on a stage play, naturally this film is fundamentally about speech, and the dialogue is beautifully crafted and rhythmically…

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