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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) has generally received very positive reviews.
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Review of Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 08 Jul 2021
Review of Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
By Wesley Morris (1,967) for The New York Times (9,847) on 29 Jun 2021
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) was released in 2021 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 50 reviews, giving Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) an average rating of 81%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 94%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 74%. Professional critics were more impressed with Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 81%, Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2021, which stands at 59%.
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