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Advertisement A biopic conventional in all but the biography it depicts, The Birth Of A Nation draws much of its gravity from the details of its true ..
Av Club
3.5
That ambition eclipses Parkers means, both creative and monetary: Hes delivered a passionate but sometimes clumsy historical drama.
Av Club
4.5
Nats time in the main house doesnt last long as hes sent out to pick cotton.
Den Of Geek
3.8
Even as Birth stumbles in its more overwrought moments, its almost impossible not to be moved by what hes made: a flawed but powerfully affecting film ..
EW
2.5
Parkers approach is never dull, exactly.But its never remarkable enough to overwhelm the suspicion that youre not being told a story here so much as b ..
Rogerebert
4.0
Whether this Birth of a Nation earns a place in cinematic history like Griffiths remains to be seen, but hopefully it will at least raise questions th ..
Common Sense Media
4.0
The Christ figure overtones hover ever more stirringly, and disturbingly, over the movies final moments, and you may be forgiven if your mind drifts f ..
Variety
2.5
The Birth Of A Nation is not without inherent power, but Parker struggles to evoke anything besides surface tellings of textbook atrocities.
We Got This Covered
3.0
What you will find is a film that toggles between impressive fury and a kind of made for TV blandness that does Nat Turners 1831 uprising still contro ..
Time Out
3.0
Parkers film feels weirdly inhibited, possibly by a sense of its own seriousness and mainstream credentials.
The Guardian
3.0
But the films often ham fisted composition will leave many turned off.
The Guardian
2.5
Indeed, the notion that the rarest form of resistance in the annals of American slavery, the full scale revolt, might not submit so easily to the cons ..
2.5
Parker, a first time director, opts for compositions that alternate between self consciously beautiful landscapes depicting slaves suffering in cotton ..
3.1
After nearly two centuries, Nat Turner has finally made it to the big screen in a good movie that never should have been burdened with greatness in th ..
4.0
Parker lets that fury percolate and build, never overdoing the graphic violence of slave mistreatment but including just enough to leave us sickened.
Screen Daily
4.5
As for Parker, hes got plenty of charisma to make Nat Turner a forceful figure.
Screen Daily
4.0
The Birth of a Nation is a brutal, tremendous film that may have irksome flaws, but nothing that overshadows its directors emerging talent and force o ..
Collider
4.0
The point is that it does happen all the time in crude, dumb melodramas.
Vulture
4.5
Its a beautiful, reflective film even as it is also a brutal, visceral one.
Vulture
3.5
Far more of the essentials made it into the film than not; its makers dedication and minute attention are constantly felt, and the subject matter is s ..
The Hollywood Reporter
3.5
There are images, however, in The Birth of a Nation that are so potent, disturbing, and visually precise that they will be seared into my memory for l ..
4.5
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 t ..
The New York Times
3.0
By draining its historical figure of any authentic humanity and turning him into a mythical icon instead, The Birth of a Nation leaves audiences wonde ..
Paste Magazine
4.6
What Parker offers on that side of the story is not shades of gray.
IGN
2.0
Parkers directorial approach ... has the overconfidence that smacks of underconfidence, in terms of finding the right way to tell this story.
Telegraph
3.5
The Birth of a Nation certainly has the power of conviction, but the grace of art escapes it.
3.8
Its overall strategy is simple to show what made Turner lead a murderous rampage and to justify it in the viewers mind.
San Francisco Chronicle
1.5
Unfortunately, the loss of steam leading up to the climax turned this easy knockout into more of a jab.
The Young Folks
4.0
But put aside the rancour and controversy, and youll find an occasionally uneven but always gripping work from a first time filmmaker with genuine fir ..
2.5
A film created as more of a reaction to modern politics, rather than focusing on history, its a gorgeous mess that could have stood to be edited just ..
Cinema Blend
4.0
Whether its Hollywoods classic Spartacus or TVs Uprising, about the Warsaw Ghetto, few things are more thrilling than seeing a people stand up to an i ..
Ny Daily News
4.0
Its easy to walk out of THE BIRTH OF A NATION angry, as its a movie that doesnt spare you any of the truths of the era.But, Parkers movie is about mor ..
JoBlo
2.5
The story of Nat Turner is a compelling one with modern relevance, but The Birth of a Nation struggles to craft an equally engaging or effective narra ..
Screen Rant
1.9
While The Birth of a Nation certainly has a powerful and important story to tell, it is, ultimately, a story told with little depth or artistry or ski ..
The Globe And Mail
4.4
A fast moving, deeply absorbing, and thoroughly exciting directorial debut.
Philly
2.0
Birth of a Nation has none of the artistry or rich spiritual teachings of Selma and 12 Years a Slave and in the end, it is nothing more than a disappo ..
Spirituality And Practice
3.5
The result, as scholars will argue, is often historically dubious, but as cinema its quite effective.
One Guys Opinion
4.0
But above all else its commercial, an entertainment of purpose and some power.
Village Voice
3.1
And its simply not good enough to forgive and make anyone forget the filmmakers pre movie sins.
Rogers Movie Nation
2.8
While this minor film takes the view of the Negro, but fails to arouse the same sympathies for its celebration of justifiable black rage as Griffiths ..
Sover
4.4
The two movies have nothing in common save the title and its intentional re use here establishes this production as a thematic rebuttal to the one mad ..
ReelViews
2.5
Its a provocative picture, intending to stimulate discomfort and inspire horror, but co writer/director/star Nate Parker doesnt have much more than sh ..
Blu Ray
2.0
Purchased for a record sum by Fox Searchlight, this debut feature by writer director star Nate Parker re creates the 1831 slave revolt led by Nat Turn ..
Chicago Reader
3.1
The way Parkers screenplay frames it, Turner is something of a selfish revolutionary.
Mark Reviews Movies
2.8
It starts strong then takes too long to build to an abbreviated, muddled climax...Parker appears to have lost his nerve as a director at the pivotal m ..
5.0
A few inconsistencies are forgiven seeing his sheer dedication to Turners tale.It also marks Parkers best performance to date.
Usa Today
2.5
The directionless bent of Jaswinskis screenplay paves the way for a midsection thats rife with irrelevant and inconsequential detours, and it does, as ..
Reel Film Reviews
3.0
In this biopic, scripted and directed by its star, Nate Parker, hes a sort of black Braveheart: the movie is a righteously angry but conventionally dr ..
The Times
3.0
It is a righteous, religious film that almost bludgeons audiences with its powerful message, and is the product of the one man band of Nate Parker, wh ..
The Times
3.5
This film is effectively written and directed by Nate Parker. The acting is uniformly strong by a talented cast. It gives us a good look into an event ..
Lariat
1.0
In the world where narcissistic conviction and awards bait mummification count for everything, co writer director star Nate Parkers The Birth of a Nat ..
News Review
4.0
Highlighting both an exciting new film making talent and a suppressed moment in history, Nate Parker has created something that rises above its flaws.
Radio Times
1.5
Its decent, especially as a vigilante style flick (and the tech credits are solid), but as a look back at a pivotal moment in race relations in our co ..
Screen It
2.0
What makes his film so provocative and so troubling is its absolute refusal to provide its audience with a consolatory ending.This is a movie that hin ..
Independent
4.4
Besides, the overreaching pales next to what Parker has accomplished a movie of potent provocation and surging humanity that ranks with the years best ..
Rolling Stone
2.0
Its not enough to describe Dead Man as simply an anti western; its an iconoclastic deconstruction of late 19th Century American values and mores, many ..
Pop Matters
3.5
The filmmaking has a certain paint by numbers frankness that works in some ways, not in others.
The Wrap
4.4
PLOT The story of Nat Turners bloody slave rebellion of 1831.CAST Nate Parker, Aja Naomi King, Armie Hammer RATED R (strong violence) LENGTH 2:00 BOTT ..
News Day
2.8
The highly charged arena into which this film about Americas bloodiest slave revolt arrives gives it a cachet that, in artistic if not sociological te ..
Cs Monitor
5.0
In the year of Black Lives Matter, this Sundance heralded slave rebellion drama arrives as a raging clarion call.
Film Journal
5.0
In violent retribution there can be a kind of ecstasy, a beautiful and even biblical conflagration of cleansing destruction, a feeling that will no do ..
New York Post
3.5
Its a complicated movie about a complex man that courts controversy, both intentional and not. If that doesnt make it a great movie, it makes it a nec ..
Az Central
3.1
Instead of a deep, reflective parable, Parker gives us a midrange History Channel special.
Star Tribune
3.8
Its a message and memory the film capably and viscerally honours.
Toronto Star
4.4
I hate to even bring it up in relation to the film, which should be allowed to stand on its own, but it has become such an intrinsic part of its recep ..
Q Network
4.0
Parkers gambit in nicking the title of the 1915 D.W. Griffith Civil War epic now remembered less for its brilliant cinematic innovation than for its v ..
Slate
4.0
If it has its share of gut punch moments too, The Birth of a Nation lacks that films finesse and its universally powerful performances.
Flim List
4.0
No, the brutality is at its worst when one of your own betrays you.
Film Inquiry
2.5
Despite these issues and despite a disappointing lack of punch in what should be heroic action scenes the film has its moments.
Eye For Film
4.0
Edgy, effective drama about racism, faith and injustice yet tainted by the filmmakers shadow of shame.
Susang Ranger
3.8
Its eventually nothing more than a conventional Hollywood biopic, punctuated by a fury that sprays raspberry juice all over the camera with enough gra ..
Observer
4.0
Parker certainly knows the right moments to display unflinching cruelty.
Flickering Myth
3.0
Parkers vices and virtues and those of the movie itself are dishearteningly inseparable.
New Yorker
3.5
The Birth of a Nation isnt a great movieits hardly even a good one.But its bluntly effective, less a monumental piece of filmmaking than an open door.
Time
3.5
Whats lacking in aesthetic cohesion, pacing, and subtlety is made up for in a powerful lead performance and an essential story with compelling religio ..
The Film Stage
3.1
The humanity (Gibson) brought to it inspired me..Its a solid bet: If you admired the righteous brutality of Gibsons film, then youll likely be gripped ..
Chicago Tribune
3.1
The Birth of a Nation makes its case with traumatic force but theres a true American craziness to this story a fire breathing visitation of divine jus ..
Boston Globe
2.2
I can understand it, but Im not sure the film itself is worth it.
Uproxx
3.0
Its an awful, inappropriate introduction to a flawed, decently entertaining biopic.
The Irish Times
3.8
The intensity of the conclusion is overwhelming.But it is the thought behind the script and the consideration of Parkers realization of the power of N ..
Blogs Indie Wire
3.0
The winner of both the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at this years Sundance Film Festival, Birth is often powerful but just as often clumsy and ..
Las Vegas Weekly
3.5
Parkers film is at its best when he presents this harrowing story straightforwardly.
The Atlantic
4.5
While its not a perfect movie, it is the perfect film for this precise moment in history. Nation isnt an enjoyable experience, but its a necessary one ..
Lyles Movie Files
1.0
And, really beyond belief, Nate Parker also says: When I see Nat Turner in the final moments of the film, it moves me to tears every time..He is so he ..
Standard
2.5
Compiled with more than 40 hours of interviews with Coach Wooden, learn about the man behind the coach.
Tony Medley
2.2
If you want to see epic history melodrama done right, seek out the long version of Bernard Bertoluccis 1900.
Coles Mithey
3.1
A vital movie, maybe even an important one, Parkers directorial debut is visually impressive, viscerally hypnotic and emotionally complex.
Movie Freak
3.5
The subject matter is incendiary and carries with it its own explosiveness.
Detroit News
3.1
The film accumulates power as it heads toward its climax and bitter end.
Groucho Reviews
4.2
The Birth of a Nation is a vibrant, furious piece of work, and the fact that it seems extra relevant right now should be seen as a failure of our cult ..
Hit Fix
3.5
And as a twinned tale of simultaneous religious and political awakening, its frequently thrilling.
Vox
5.0
It is much more than just a great film, it just might be a masterpiece.
Hey U Guys
3.0
Its one thing to make a movie about a martyr; its quite another to pre emptively martyr oneself.
Now Toronto
3.5
This new Birth is less of a landmark than Parker might have intended, but in its point of view and the story it tells, it is worthy addition to the li ..
Maki At The Movies
4.5
Parker makes an assured feature filmmaking debut, with poetic imagery and powerful narrative.
Tamp A Bay
3.0
There are powerful scenes and strong emotional connections but while as relentless as Steve McQueens 12 Years a Slave, Parkers film is not its equal i ..
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
2.0
This is a movie that wants its message to be heard as far and wide as is humanly possible.
Lw Lies
4.0
Better still, Turners (and Parkers) fired up spirit shines brightly and defiantly throughout.
Lw Lies
3.8
The film itself is powerful, uneven, angryits message is undercut by its own inconsistencies, but the actual message is so powerful that it almost doe ..
Red Eye Chicago
3.8
For what its worth, and normally I hate making predictions like this but sometimes its necessary, Id be surprised if the film isnt up for Best Picture ..
Red Eye Chicago
3.5
Some of the themes feel a little pushy, but the film has real power.
Contact Music
3.1
Preacher, prophet, saint.The Birth of a Nation, from writer director star Nate Parker, certainly presents its central character in the first two guise ..
Larsen On Film
4.0
At the same time, Turners story has rarely been depicted on film and never in this way, and the story seems incredibly timely.
Christianity Today
3.0
Many people will leave the film feeling inspired and encouraged, others will feel the burning shame of legacy and complicity.
Vanity Fair
4.0
All this theoretical stuff is offset by some nicely unfussy performances.
The Arts Desk
3.5
Now, a new movie by Nate Parker with the same title takes aim at the original.
Wsj
3.5
Birth is disjointed, rambling and devoid of much originality, a sort of 12 Years a Slave meets Braveheart. But theres never any doubt that it flows fr ..
Patriot Ledger
5.0
1 of 6 View Caption This image released by Fox Searchlight Films shows Nate Parker as Nat Turner, center, in a scene from The Birth of a Nation.
Sltrib
4.0
Parkers performance as a director is a bit less even, though its still impressive for a first timer.
Film
3.8
Parker reaches with both hands for greatness and falls short but this is nevertheless a solid and strong and valuable piece of work.
Chicago Sun Times
3.5
The film is clearly designed for broad audience appeal, and as such it plays out in conventional beats.
Punch Drunk Critics
2.5
In the end, this Birth of a Nation is simply too safely conventional in its filmmaking, down to the Spielbergian orchestral music and cliched slo mo e ..
Straight
4.0
See it for yourself as a work of art and thoughtful exploration of a dark time.
Movie Web
1.0
Nothing about hellfire for sinners.Nothing about deliverance from this world of sorrows by the precious blood of Jesus.
Sandiego Reader
4.0
A thoughtful screenplay is juxtaposed with some absolutely savage imagery, coalescing into an indie antebellum drama that deserves a place among the y ..
Cinemix Tape
2.0
For me, this one, unfortunately, didnt.Strip away all the noise, both good and bad, surrounding it and look at the movie itself.
Dead Line
3.0
These are smart touches that add to a rich film.That might even forgive it the parts where its insufficiently complex, the parts where it lacks needed ..
Metro New York
1.0
Sundance smash The Birth of a Nation , like any movie, deserves to be considered for its craft rather than its buzz or controversy.
Film Comment
4.5
But wherever the place, whatever the circumstance, it remains an American tradition.
Flavor Wire
3.8
Parkers project would be impressive enough as a first feature, but him being its co writer, producer, director and star pushes it into an amazing achi ..
Daily Herald
3.0
It just doesnt quite explore any of these themes particularly well.
The Shiz Nit
1.9
The movie just revels in its own carnage that it just merely underwhelms its own purpose.
Awards Circuit
3.8
Despite the earlier shortcomings, Parker absolutely nails the finale with conviction of purpose and visceral intensity.
Awards Circuit
5.0
A wickedly crass, lightning fast sendup of the played out superhero oeuvre.
Bitly
2.0
The final shot, connecting bloody slave uprisings like Turners with the breakthrough of the civil war 30 years later, is a cathartic way of threading ..
The Skinny
4.5
Birth Of A Nation is powerful and effective, but its spectacle that cant humanize or define its subject.
The Verge
3.8
Hard to imagine a more timely and polarizing moral, social, racial agenda.
Post Gazette
4.5
A perfect storm of elements converged to make Parkers pre Civil War slavery biopic the most electrifying debut of this year.
The Daily Beast
4.0
And that patience pays off, as the tale builds to an emotionally and visually powerful conclusion worthy of its subject.
Or Lando Weekly
3.0
Strangler is something else.Its a hipster calculation that attempts to sell moronic incoherence as ironic artistry.
reason
4.2
Whatever happened in 1999 doesnt make The Birth of a Nation a better or worse film.But neither films nor viewers exist in a vacuum, and how audiences ..
Decent Films
3.8
It is, particularly in its quieter moments, often a deeply moving one.
Seattle Times
3.5
In its effort to teach a necessary history lesson it does not attempt to placate or soothe.It has a higher goal, something on the order of long deferr ..
East Bay Express
1.5
This isnt a particularly compelling or well made film. Its very much the work of an ambitious beginner, corny in some places, pretentious in others.
Seven Day Svt
3.5
Its appeal is nil to many viewers.They dont want to go from a fractious world outside to a fractious world in the theater.
Tony Mack
4.4
The story resonates today, both as an important early chapter in the sordid tale of American race relations, and as frightfully good cinematic drama.
National Post
3.5
But Nation is an impressive movie, emotionally raw, occasionally overwhelming and also occasionally disconcerting.
People
3.0
DW Griffiths three hour 1915 silent epic drama The Birth of a Nation featured African American men as sexually aggressive savages and somehow contrive ..
Sky
2.2
Parker claims it as if to say: You had your American story for a century, old man.
M Tv
5.0
But the message here IS the message here.As the film nears its climax a young man exclaims that, Theyre killing black people for no other reason than ..
Media Mikes
4.0
In 2012 the woman committed suicide.Controversy over the incident continues to overshadow Parkers film and has taken on a life of its own.
Toronto Sun
4.0
As such, its an impressive and confident debut for a first time filmmaker.
Fw Weekly
3.5
Parkers script is full of plenty speech giving and grand moments, but whats unspoken is more effective.
Blog Bullz Eye
5.0
Occasionally, theyre even riveting even if you hate yourself for enjoying them.
Hollywood Into To
3.5
Unfortunately, Parkers style is extremely conventional in much of the films plotting.
Mash Able
1.5
Unions assault is totally unnecessary to the film, so its inclusion leaves the audience scratching their heads more than anything.
Culture
5.0
This is a radical and uncompromising way of viewing these events; Parker prefers anger and vengeance to sentimentality, and his movie is infused with ..
Am Ny
3.5
Its a passion project by a talented young actor that deserves to be seen, even if its writing and directing duties should probably have been passed of ..
Washington City Paper
4.0
In this way, it avoids the problematic effect of a post racial narrative which implies that racism is simply a problem of the past.
Film Ireland
2.0
Its great that a movie about Nat Turner has finally been made; too bad its not a great movie.
Dark Horizons
3.0
Reflecting its conventional storytelling, The Birth of a Nation relies heavily on Civil War era stereotypes and stock characters, limiting its cast to ..
Toledo Blade
3.3
The Birth of a Nations success story matters Three days before Birth of a Nations premiere, the Academy Awards announced an initiative to diversify it ..
Thril List
3.8
The labor brings dark realizations of brutality and sadistic inhumanity, disturbingly visceral and wince worthy.
Cambridge Day
3.5
Birth of a Nation is so much of a Christian movie that its being advertised as enlightening spiritual entertainment.Parker may have oversimplified thi ..
Metro Active
3.5
But its a brutally effective one.And its the furthest thing from comfortable.
Review Journal
3.1
Though it features several commanding performances and has a number of heartrending moments, Nate Parkers retelling of Nat Turners rebellion feels loo ..
Free Beacon
3.5
Birth is a powerful, thought provoking film, and Christian filmmakers would do well to study its treatment of spiritual questions.
World Wng
3.5
Nation best succeeds as this kind of film, a reflection of the chaos and terror in which systemic racism keeps good people trapped.
Willamette Week
2.5
The movie simply doesnt offer introspection or contradiction that would lessen its overwrought finish, with its excessive musical score and close ups.
Film Forward
5.0
Lets hope its plea for humanity and peace for all impacts and improves on todays injustices.
Kdhx
3.0
What we have here is a deeply flawed but frequently rewarding picture, with a lot to say about how stories can both guide and misguide us.
The Week
2.0
And he succeeds in a way that makes the tragic story of a failed attempt at liberty feel ultimately triumphant.
Aarp
3.5
Parkers first effort as a writer director is admirable but hardly perfect.
Abc News Go
4.5
Share Reddit Pin Flip Share Email WhatsApp Buffer Pocket 5 Shares By Eleanor Ringel Cater Arriving amid a swirl of controversy, rumors and standing ov ..
Saportare Port
3.8
This swelling of furious emotion solidifies the film as a story worth telling, to be consumed and appreciated once, and probably never again.Such is i ..
MLive.com
3.1
A remarkable episode in American history receives conventional quality treatment.
Commercial Appeal
4.0
But if you can manage it, you will see that the film is rich with thought provoking imagery.
Iol Co Za
2.0
It all leads up to a climax thats not quite as thrilling as the filmmakers probably intended.
Splice Today
3.5
It takes a little known event from Americas shameful past and elevates it to rousing, epic proportions.
Parade
3.0
Its scrupulous and honorable, with moments of scalding power.But its also just good enough to make me wish it had been better.
Bbc
3.0
This is a film about deep seated systems of oppression that feels tonally like a superhero origin myth.
Cinema Scope
3.1
The early sequences have the cut rate look of a TV movie, with variable performances and an awkward touch.
Seattle Weekly
3.5
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Stardem
3.8
How does a person wrap his head around the fact that he supposedly belongs to another person
Twin Cities
2.5
It goes without saying that such broad and bloody strokes can justify the righteous indignation of an audience and a people hungry for justice and pro ..
City Beat
3.8
The Birth of a Nation is certainly not without its flaws, mainly due to issues in pacing and storytelling, but one has to give credit where its due, f ..
The Blus Pot
5.0
Cinematically and thematically, its lazy and depends too heavily on intense violence to drive the point home.
The Muse Jezebel
4.4
Haleys portrayal is the most cartoonish in the movie and one of its main flaws.
Reel Bob
4.4
An inspired passion project by Parker, its undeniable that its message would reach farther and wield more unfettered power if unhindered by the accusa ..
K Gun 9
3.0
The film transparently wants to be a revolutionary act: presumably thats why it cribs its title from the legendarily racist 1915 film that largely def ..
Reviews Antagony Ecstasy
2.5
Watching your brothers and sisters beaten and lynched on a regular basis would be enough to spur a deep sense of betrayal.
Ex Press
3.0
Despite the occasional flaw in its execution, this is a powerfully moving film that feels especially timely.
I News
4.0
The legacy of Parkers film will be one as a significant contribution to the art of cinema and the Black struggle.
Louis Proyect
3.8
The rebellion itself is brutally violent, cathartic, and terrifying.
Baltimore Magazine
3.1
William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner, 1967 Overshadowed, to its severe detriment, by the 1999 rape case involving its director Nate Parker an ..
La Movie Boeuf Wordpress
5.0
Any piece of art worth the blood, sweat and tears that went into making it deserves to become the matter of public and private discourse.
Ncr Online
4.0
If Parker can keep the dialogue flowing and make us all recognize and understand the precarious bindings of the present to our past, then The Birth of ..
Franks Reel Reviews
4.4
But the movie should be seen.It manages to involve you, makes a powerful statement and its a story that needs to be told.
Ny 1
4.0
Meticulously well researched, the script is never muddled by overt anachronisms nor ham handed performances from this very fine cast.
Signature Reads
3.5
Dave Chapelle is a genius.On Saturday Night Live in the wake of Americas historic election of Donald Drumpf, he summed up his opening monologue with t ..
Graffiti With Punctuation
4.0
But as art, its message is timely, its harsh images necessary, and its emotion undeniable.
Sojo
4.0
It surprised me, as it might surprise most moviegoers, that Gingrich and Alexander agree on some points.
Truth Dig
5.0
Birth of a Nation is a cinematic juggernaut. The cumulative portrait of Turner and its rebellion is immense.
Buffalo
3.1
Jennifer Lopez is MTVs next Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award recipient, the network announced Tuesday.
Arca Max
4.0
If you think enormous critical and audience approbation mean something, just ask yourself what the folks behind Straight Outta Compton thought as they ..
Vice
1.5
And given the obtuse cowardice of our film era, it looks like no American filmmaker should try to adapt the life story of John Brown either.
Jacobin Mag
4.0
A stunning directorial debut for Nate Parker and a powerful look at a failed slave rebellion.
Den Of Geek Us
3.1
Taken merely as a biopic,offers nothing new.Taken purely as movie about slavery, it offers nothing weve not seen before.
Cleve Land Movie Blog
3.5
At the same time though, it seems as if Parker purposely hogs the spotlight without giving much of anyone else the opportunity to make an impact.While ..
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