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Imperial Dreams
2016
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3.6
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4.4
Like the cyclical cycle of violence and poverty, Imperial Dreams mercilessly envelops you in its narrative and refuses to let you go until youve been ..
Rogerebert
4.0
Bambi Jones (John Boyega) comes home from prison to the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles in IMPERIAL DREAMS to find that nothing has changed in his a ..
Common Sense Media
3.5
But even in moments that dont ring entirely true, Boyegas grounded performance keeps the film headed in the right direction.
Variety
4.5
Imperial Dreams does not have the buzzing beats or flashing lights of most L.A. stories. Because of this, its characters feel real and its payoffs are ..
Film Inquiry
4.0
In sequences of deadly violence and lyrical contemplation, Vitthal unfolds the Kafkaesque constraints that make a life of poverty a bureaucratic horro ..
New Yorker
4.0
This year, that gem is Malik Vitthals first shot at a feature film, the incredibly touching Imperial Dreams, which remixes the gangster rites of passa ..
Blogs Indie Wire
3.0
Where Imperial Dreams occasionally wavers is in its unsubtle storytelling, which often feels at odds with Vitthals appealing and naturalistic directio ..
Consequence Of Sound
3.0
But I felt they work to convey both adolescent angst and Sams grief.Crudup is nicely grungy and dry, mixing both sarcastic wit and a deep sense of los ..
Movie Mezzanine
2.0
And yet Imperial doesnt feel so much like tragedy porn as it does the slow triumph of warmth and decency, even when a final calamity will leave you dr ..
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