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Fruitvale Station

2013

Ryan Coogler

Michael B. Jordan, Octavia Spencer, Melonie Diaz, Ahna O'Reilly ...

6.4

2,328

Drama This is the true story of Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan), a 22-year-old Bay Area resident who wakes up on the morning of December 31, 2008 and feels something in the air. Not sure what it is, he takes it as a sign to get a head start on his resolutions: being a better son to his mother, whose birthday falls on New Year's Eve, being a better partner to his girlfriend, who he hasn't been completely honest with as of late, and being a ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"A shrewd script and career-launching performances drive a tragic modern story that carries heavy social weight. (...) compelling debut film"	POS
United States	Geoff Berkshire Variety	"Best viewed as an ode to victim's rights, this well-intentioned drama forgoes nuanced drama for heart-tugging, head-shaking and rabble-rousing"	NEU
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"'Fruitvale Station' is a gut punch of a movie. By standing in solidarity with Oscar, it becomes an unstoppable cinematic force (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"Mr. Coogler, with a ground-level, hand-held shooting style (...), has enough faith in his actors and in the intrinsic interest of the characters’ lives to keep overt sentimentality and messagemongering to a minimum"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"'Fruitvale Station' is great political filmmaking because it's great filmmaking, period"	POS
United States	David Edelstein New York Magazine	"'Fruitvale Station' will rock your world — and, if the life of Oscar Grant means anything, compel you to work to change it"	POS

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