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By Sandy Schaefer (333) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 30 Dec 2016

Fences struggles to make the leap from the stage to the big screen, but is kept afloat by the powerhouse performances of its leads…

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By Beth Accomando (509) for KPBS.org (509) on 30 Dec 2016

It is so refreshing to have a film where the dialogue is rich and full-bodied…

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By Tony Norman (17) for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (258) on 30 Dec 2016

The film is a triumph of expanded stagecraft and cinematic vision thanks to the skill and conscientiousness of director Denzel Washington…

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By Themetacritiqer (37) on 30 Dec 2016

While Batman V Superman was my favorite movie of the year, Fences deserves to clean house at the Oscars…

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By Telleril (1) on 30 Dec 2016

Sad to say, but this movie is overhyped and praised by the mainstream…

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By Tim Brayton (2,283) for Antagony & Ecstasy (1,911) on 29 Dec 2016

If Fences was doomed to be made into an awards-season prestige picture, I really can't imagine how it could have turned out more satisfying than this…

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By Christopher Lawrence (234) for Las Vegas Review-Journal (433) on 29 Dec 2016

Washington's direction leaves Fences feeling powerful yet inert…

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By Kirk Baird (274) for Toledo Blade (302) on 29 Dec 2016

What carries this screen version of Wilson's work is the ability of these actors to keep our attention hostage for two-plus hours and make…

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By Mal Vincent (128) for The Virginian-Pilot (129) on 29 Dec 2016

Fences lives so firmly in the realm of real people that it humiliates the bulk of today's noisy and superficial flicks…

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By Linda Cook (1,442) for Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) (1,206) on 29 Dec 2016

Phenomenal movie based on the Pulitzer-Prize-winning play…

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By Kristian M. Lin (336) for Fort Worth Weekly (325) on 29 Dec 2016

It's incredible that it has taken this long to put an August Wilson play on the screen…

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By Josh Larsen (2,042) for LarsenOnFilm (1,412) on 29 Dec 2016

depicts a man whose entire world exists in a tug-of-war between the Civil War and Civil Rights…

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By Nancy Churnin (129) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 29 Dec 2016

Washington has pledged to bring all of plays in the cycle to the screen. The good news is he started with a home run…

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By Betterdays105 (1) on 29 Dec 2016

I can't believe I'm saying this: Better than seeing it on Broadway six years ago. Denzel is triumphant as is Viola…

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By Edeltraud (42) on 29 Dec 2016

Terrible waste of some first-class acting -- it'll likely win Denzel an Oscar in a film nobody will want to see…

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By Molly Laich (115) for Missoula Independent (105) on 28 Dec 2016

These performances are killer, the source material is smart, and there's a lesson beneath the heavy-handedness that makes it worth the endeavor…

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By Daniel Gelb (83) for AllMovie (142) on 28 Dec 2016

It's a testament to the movie's soaring performances that they are able to elicit interest and evoke strong emotions despite Fences' aesthetic…

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By Jeffrey Edalatpour (80) for SF Weekly (560) on 28 Dec 2016

Both Davis and Washington honor these characters by thoroughly inhabiting their emotional flesh…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 28 Dec 2016

A poignant screen adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play in which Denzel Washington stokes the fire in his belly…

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By Netflic (224) on 28 Dec 2016

It's an adaptation of a play with the same name, written by August Wilson. Directed by Denzel Washington…

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