Five Star

  • 2013


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Positive Reviews 16
Negative reviews 1
Average Rating 3.8/5
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2.8
Theres just not enough meat on these bones, and what meat there is has been thoroughly chewed over. Av Club
4.2
With such tense ingredients in play, its unfortunate that Five Star stumbles in its penultimate scene, a clichd showdown set against a stormy backdrop .. Indie Wire
4.5
A low key but powerfully affecting urban drama that tells a familiar story with such unusual authenticity and dramatic force that its as if were seein .. Variety
3.5
John Primo Grant isnt playing a character hes re living the past and injecting experience into each conversation with Diaz. We Got This Covered
3.0
The final, conventional scenes of Five Star dont make for a comfortable fit. The Guardian
3.1
Because I dont do it for fame, I dont even care about being famous actually.
4.5
Keith Millers Five Star makes its nonactors look like trained thesps and (in a good way) vice versa. The Hollywood Reporter
4.5
Slow and steady, and with remarkable assuredness, Keith Millers Five Star plays mean streets drama in the lowest of keys. The New York Times
4.5
Hes a streetwise gangster philosopher, musing on the existential questions on life, death, manhood, the life hes lived.
4.5
Keith Millers modest drama Five Star is the kind of depiction the city sorely needs. Village Voice
3.8
Hes taking up a line of work that doesnt forgive even the smallest mistake. Rogers Movie Nation
1.5
The writer and director, Keith Miller, establishes engaging characters but stifles their thoughts and emotions, sets up dramatic situations but avoids .. New Yorker
2.5
Because of the heavy use of tropes, the documentary style and genre subversion are not enough to make Five Star feel urgent or authentic. The Film Stage
3.8
The key take away is that Millers film is a (mostly) focused and captivating character study of a man torn between family and duty and an adolescent m .. Blogs Indie Wire
3.8
Writer/director Keith Miller has made a film that never feels forced, never seems artificial. Aisle Seat
3.8
In a film about gang culture, theres always the potential to drown in violence, which is where Millers film tries to differentiate itself. Film Ink
4.0
The complexities, the danger, and the seductiveness of the gang lifestyle are often explored in Hollywood cinema, but rarely with the authenticity and ..
4.5
Still, that doesnt deter John from beginning to run errands for Primo, who is beginning to look towards a life out of crime. Moveable Fest



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