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By Bill Clark (530) for FromTheBalcony (528) on 09 Jan 2015

Selma is one of the great emotional experiences of recent years; a fiercely powerful look at one of the Civil Rights Movement's most triumphant…

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By Gary Wolcott (857) for Tri-City Herald (818) on 09 Jan 2015

The paint-by-numbers portrayals of 1960s iconic players is pathetic and the story fails to capture the passion, energy and hope of MLK's leadership…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 09 Jan 2015

Without Oyelowo's texture and firepower, perhaps the picture would've been understood, but it wouldn't have been as precise in its emotion…

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By Daniel M. Kimmel (1,403) for New England Movies Weekly (716) on 09 Jan 2015

a film that demands to be seen, despite its flaws. It's part of American history and a story that we should all know…

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By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 09 Jan 2015

With protestors organizing what feels like could evolve into another Civil Rights Movement, Selma is an important document of those who went before…

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By Marc Mohan (821) for Portland Oregonian (2,019) on 09 Jan 2015

A film this heartfelt and intelligent about social justice will never be unimportant, but it feels especially relevant today…

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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 09 Jan 2015

Taken strictly as a movie, though, Selma is an uneven yet generally skillful effort that has probably drawn more praise and criticism than…

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By David Nusair (3,363) for Reel Film Reviews (3,339) on 09 Jan 2015

A well-intentioned yet persistently underwhelming drama…

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By Vincent Mancini (369) for FilmDrunk (362) on 09 Jan 2015

What could be simplistic schmaltz ends up being a harsh rebuke of symbolic gestures…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for BBC.com (1,500) on 09 Jan 2015

Directed with confidence by Ava DuVernay, it's a movie about how King changed America by having the canny political genius to show the country…

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By Wesley Morris (1,967) for Grantland (318) on 09 Jan 2015

This is a film about work: the work at hand, the work it takes to do the work, and, for an audience in 2015, the question of whether the work worked…

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By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for GeekNation (86) on 09 Jan 2015

This heartfelt, compelling docudrama about Martin Luther King Jr. and the 1965 civil rights marches shows how far we've come…

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By James Verniere (1,180) for Boston Herald (1,433) on 09 Jan 2015

David Oyelowo is superb; film is remarkably topical and relevant…

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By Carla Meyer (580) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 08 Jan 2015

DuVernay shows visual assurance and a way with actors and especially words…

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By Katherine Monk (493) for Canada.com (402) on 08 Jan 2015

The skilfully re-created look of the era in the actual locations lets the viewer drop right into one of the darkest chapters in U.S…

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By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 08 Jan 2015

It's films like Selma that remind us that behind every massive pivotal moment there are a thousands of smaller stories that come together like…

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By Bruce Kirkland (531) for Toronto Sun (419) on 08 Jan 2015

As a film, Selma is solid if unspectacular. As a dramatic portrayal of recent U.S. history, however, Selma burns with a fierce intensity…

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By Anders Wright (338) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 08 Jan 2015

DuVernay's film deals less in the outcome than in the immediate, and it's hardly ever sentimental or manipulative, a common trait of films…

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By Peter Howell (1,731) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 08 Jan 2015

We see history as it unfolds, not as it has been encased in amber, in a movie that needs to be seen in these anxious days of renewed racial…

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By Clint O'connor (453) for Cleveland Plain Dealer (828) on 08 Jan 2015

Deeply-felt drama depicting the worst of America and the best of America. David Oyelowo is excellent…

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