Review of Fruitvale Station (2013) by Netflic — 11 Aug 2013
The movie is a story about the last day of life of Oscar Grant, a 22-year old small criminal in Bay Area who was shot and killed by a police officer on January 1, 2009.
The director of the movie is Ryan Coogler, and this is his first big film.
The movie is done extremely well: casting, performing, directing, cinematography.
It is no wonder that the movie already won several film festival prizes (Sundance and Cannes among them).
Even though movie critics love the film, the director was famously accused of the fact manipulation. If you state that the movie is after real events, if you show photographs of real people, you cannot re-invent the truth. In the movie Oscar is shown as an extremely likable, friendly guy. There are some scenes there that never happened, and some important facts omitted. This makes this docu-drama questionable.
This review of Fruitvale Station (2013) was written by Netflic on 11 Aug 2013.
Fruitvale Station has generally received very positive reviews.
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