Review of Fences (2016) by Writeval — 30 Jan 2017
Oh. My. God. You'll never see such spectacular, knock-your-sock-off acting, entrapped within an utterly miserable two hours of homework. I laughed when I saw the "adapted from his play" credit; the only adaptation must've been typing "Fade In" and "Fade Out" -- as a play this would be very powerful; as a movie it's a $50K student film shot in one house with Oscar-worthy actors.
It's film; why did we only get tell-not-show? The son's school and football practice; the characters at the bar; the friend's wife; Denzel's 'acquaintance,' the church women -- all theatrical offscreen references, faceless names only referred to.
I was nearly coming out of my skin with impatience. Storytelling should reflect, and take advantage of, its medium. This belonged off-Broadway.
This review of Fences (2016) was written by Writeval on 30 Jan 2017.
Fences has generally received positive reviews.
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