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The Violent Heart

2020

Jovan Adepo, Grace Van Patten, Mary J. Blige, Cress Williams ...

Drama Fifteen years after the murder of his older sister, Daniel finds himself falling for Cassie, a vivacious high school senior.

	Media	Author	Review
		Peter Debruge Variety	"Jovan Adepo and Grace Van Patten have chemistry (...) It’s beholded to a string of coincidences, guilty of withholding information that, once revealed, ruptures the credibility of all that came before"
		Caryn James The Hollywood Reporter	"Astute direction and acting wasted on a trite story (...) That result is a shame, because there is plenty to admire technically"
		Matt Zoller Seitz rogerebert.com	"'The Violent Heart' had everything it needed to be powerful, even cathartic (...) But it settles for coming across as the Official Version of the story (...) Rating: ★★ (out for 4)"
		David Ehrlich IndieWire	"An old-fashioned melodrama with big twists (and an excellent Mary J. Blige)"
		Richard Whittaker Austin Chronicle	"A teetering pile of coincidences masquerading as a story"
		Noel Murray Los Angeles Times	"There’s a lot to like in The Violent Heart, with Adepo at the top of the list. But Sanga errs by giving his movie the deterministic structure of a potboiler and the muted tone of a slice-of-life indie drama"

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