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By Joelgreenberg (20) on 28 Dec 2016

Fences is hobbled by a director. who can't resist showing us everythiing we should be seeing and feeling for ourselves…

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By Kelly Vance (1,015) for East Bay Express (1,012) on 27 Dec 2016

Washington and Davis can do no wrong. They roam free and Fences can barely contain them…

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By Wadisplace (20) on 27 Dec 2016

An outstanding, deep, and moving movie. This movie has twists and turns that you don't see coming…

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By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 26 Dec 2016

Whets our appetite for when [more] of Wilson's plays receive this deserved treatment as a great playwright...to indelibly commit such rich…

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By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 26 Dec 2016

Even when Washington's Troy becomes an unbearable pain, you remain intoxicated with Wilson's mastery of dialogue and turn of phrase…

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By Greatmartin (455) on 26 Dec 2016

Viola Davis as Rose, in “Fences”, makes you afraid to breathe because you don’t want to miss a word, an emotion, she says, and shows…

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By Brent_Marchant (762) on 26 Dec 2016

A faithful theater-to-screen adaptation that, refreshingly, doesn't feel stagey (as often happens with such translations)…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 25 Dec 2016

Yes, Fences suffers somewhat from the bare-bones transferal of the “action” from stage to screen but the material is so compelling that…

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By Katie Walsh (1,279) for Tribune News Service (1,102) on 25 Dec 2016

The two lead performances are stunningly complex and deeply human achievements from two of the finest actors working today…

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By Moviemitch96 (552) on 25 Dec 2016

Despite not having seen the Pulitzer-winning play this was adapted from, this was an undeniable well-acted, potent, and well-rounded film that…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 25 Dec 2016

Fences' is historically significant, but more importantly it remains dramatically powerful, and this fastidious yet vibrant film ensures that…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Punch Drunk Critics (518) on 24 Dec 2016

You'll find no better performance by an actor and actress this year than by Denzel and Viola, and no better ensemble anywhere…

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By John Urbancich (394) for Your Movies (cleveland.com) (472) on 24 Dec 2016

The words, written for the screen by Wilson before his death in 2005 and spit out by a mostly bitter garbage man (Washington), are as racially…

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By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 24 Dec 2016

Denzel Washington and Viola Davis are nothing short of remarkable…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine/Vulture (3,519) on 24 Dec 2016

It’s not cinematic enough to make you forget you’re watching something conceived for another, more spatially constricted medium, but it’s…

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By Daniel M. Kimmel (1,403) for New England Movies Weekly (716) on 24 Dec 2016

Bringing Wilson's plays to wider audiences is a good thing. Fences preserves the drama, if not quite translating it into film…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 23 Dec 2016

This is one of [Denzel Washington's] most accomplished performances…

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By Michael Smith (475) for Tulsa World (603) on 23 Dec 2016

Denzel Washington and Viola Davis are go-at-it, toe-to-toe heavyweight champions. They are incredible, and Fences is special…

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By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 23 Dec 2016

Leans about 95 percent on point the camera at the actors and let them act. But what actors-and what acting. (Splice Today)…

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By Frank Wilkins (257) for Reel Reviews (165) on 23 Dec 2016

With rhythmic threads of poetry in its DNA, and a soul forged of the blues, Fences is a sad portrait of an oversized man with even bigger emotions…

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