Review of Stonewall (2015) by Jay N — 02 Feb 2016

A meandering mess that seems to hate its characters.

This review of Stonewall (2015) was written by Jay N on 02 Feb 2016.

Stonewall has generally received mixed reviews.

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A movie that tries so hard to be respectful to it's history that it's based on, but somehow comes off disrespectful to those people who fought…

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This movie is incredible. Tells a story tells history. Simply amazing…

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