Review of The Birth of a Nation (2016) by A.o. Scott for The New York Times — 05 Oct 2016
The movie, uneven as it is, has terrific momentum and passages of concentrated visual beauty. The acting is strong even when the script wanders into thickets of rhetoric and mystification. And despite its efforts to simplify and italicize the story, it’s admirably difficult, raising thorny questions about ends and means, justice and mercy, and the legacy of racism that lies at the root of our national identity.
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This review of The Birth of a Nation (2016) was written by A.o. Scott and published by The New York Times on 05 Oct 2016.
The Birth of a Nation has generally received positive reviews.
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