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Liberty Heights

Drama It is Baltimore in 1954 and everything is changing. In this year, school desegregation is happening for the first time, bringing black and white children from different neighborhoods into the same classrooms. In this year, the dawning of rock'n'roll is giving teenagers their first slice of a musical world that will become uniquely their own. In this year, the influx of automobiles becomes a powerful force in America, allowing people the ... [+]
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Time
Time
"Seems to encompass all the humor, sadness and weirdness of ordinary life in an utterly winning, morally acute way" POS
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Newsweek
Newsweek
"A languorous, funny and lovingly detailed memory film." POS
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Chicago Reader
Chicago Reader
"Told from too many perspectives, the narrative puts suspense above substance, and its social consciousness seems contrived" NEG
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
"A mature, accomplished piece of work, both funny and deeply felt, personal cinema of the best kind...Levinson has made the memory film we always hoped he would" POS
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post
"Demonstrates what writer-director Levinson does best: evoke the sights, smells and atmosphere of his youth with intelligence, humor and a keen sense of social perspective"  POS
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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
"Emerges as an accurate memory of that time when the American melting pot, splendid as a theory, became a reality" POS
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Slate
Slate
"I think Levinson missed a chance to get something unique and audacious on screen." NEU
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Miami Herald
Miami Herald
"This is a small, intimate movie bound to get lost in the holiday shuffle, but its pleasures are worth seeking out." POS
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