Review of The Price (2017) by Todd Jorgenson for Cinemalogue.com — 17 Nov 2017

Ameen's performance is heartfelt, yet the film needs more polished insight.

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This review of The Price (2017) was written by Todd Jorgenson and published by Cinemalogue.com on 17 Nov 2017.

The Price has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Anthony Ray Bench (69) for Film Threat (5,156) on 20 Apr 2017

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By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 15 Mar 2017

Dara Ju doesn't feel groundbreaking, but it feels lived-in and genuine…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for Indiewire (3,631) on 28 Oct 2017

The story ultimately frays apart by tugging at its flimsiest threads, but Onah hits on too many things with too much force for his debut to…

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By Rob Staeger (71) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 09 Nov 2017

The temptation for an easy score is one of a handful of shopworn plot elements in Anthony Onah’s debut feature The Price, yet the interaction of t…

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By Amber Wilkinson (674) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 07 Apr 2017

The large amount of plot poses two problems for the fledgling director, in that it's hard to fit all the character and story development into…

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By Glenn Kenny (1,728) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 10 Nov 2017

One salutary feature of this sharply observed film is that it does not feel compelled to make Seyi in any way magical: he cannot transcend…

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By Sheri Linden (962) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 09 Nov 2017

It’s the glimmers of penetrating observation that make the overload of clichés so frustrating in Onah’s first feature, and suggest better…

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