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By S. James Wegg (203) for JWR (201) on 07 Jan 2012

this filmmaker's obvious talent and understanding of craft should be further encouraged to grow and blossom…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 06 Jan 2012

Overcomes its flaws to emerge as a sporadically revealing portrait of a young girl's struggle to find herself in a cruelly hostile environment--a…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 06 Jan 2012

This invigoratingly fresh, optimistic film - which features the breathtaking debuts of director Dee Rees and leading lady Adepero Oduye - plunges…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 05 Jan 2012

Every dramatic beat feels preordained, and it's simply because Rees ... is more concerned with situations than characters…

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By Leonard Maltin (609) for leonardmaltin.com (584) on 05 Jan 2012

First-time feature filmmaker Dee Rees has crafted a movie that is consistently riveting because it is steeped in truth…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for RedEye (906) on 05 Jan 2012

Rides distinctive wheels on a familiar track so that naturalistic performances only go so far, and conventional plotting can't inhibit reality…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 05 Jan 2012

The payoffs here begin and end with Oduye, and as we see this character confront her obstacles with bravery, grace and resolve, Pariah exhibits…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 05 Jan 2012

So what we're seeing here is the emergence of a promising writer-director, an actor and a cinematographer who are all exciting, and have cared…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 05 Jan 2012

It's not fair to say that Ms. Davis steals scenes - one of the movie's strengths is its ensemble cast - but she supercharges every scene she's in…

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By Wesley Morris (1,967) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 05 Jan 2012

This is a movie that feels in all its vividness, specificity, and honesty - and in its amateurish screenwriting, too - like something found…

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By S. Jhoanna Robledo (697) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 04 Jan 2012

Smart, sad, empowering film about a teen coming out…

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By Lisa Schwarzbaum (1,672) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 04 Jan 2012

Rees presents this vivid, hidden culture with raw honesty…

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By Ella Taylor (978) for NPR (1,713) on 04 Jan 2012

The movie is anything but combative…

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By Andrew O'hehir (1,324) for Salon.com (2,725) on 04 Jan 2012

If the narrative of Pariah is predictable and its delivery system rather after-school special, the characters and setting are unforgettable…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 04 Jan 2012

The filmmaking is often wayward, the scenes of confrontation sometimes too stagey, but Oduye is a marvelous young actress with a camera-ready…

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By Peter Keough (994) for Boston Phoenix (1,372) on 03 Jan 2012

Rees has an intimate feel for setting, rooting her melodrama in precise details while allowing for an expressionistic palette of lurid lighting…

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By Ron Wilkinson (582) for Monsters and Critics (513) on 03 Jan 2012

Excellent performances by an emerging crew of actors and filmmakers tell a priceless story that struggles to entertain…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 02 Jan 2012

The movie's point, which is impossible to miss, is that it's hard being black & gay in America and, while there's undoubtedly truth in that…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 31 Dec 2011

Rees shows a real knack...for casting and eliciting strong performances. That and a little touch of story irony make Pariah a solid dramatic debut…

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By Kimberly Gadette (432) for Doddle (184) on 30 Dec 2011

Dee Rees gives us a sad chameleon, cleverly visually drenching her in the colors of her surroundings…

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