Click here to copy URL

Pariah

2011

Dee Rees

Adepero Oduye, Pernell Walker, Kim Wayans, Charles Parnell ...

6.1

738

Drama A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression. At the club, the music thumps, go-go dancers twirl, shorties gyrate on the dance floor while studs play it cool, and adorably naive 17-year-old Alike takes in the scene with her jaw dropped in amazement. Meanwhile, her buddy Laura, in between macking the ladies and flexing her butch bravado, is ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly	"Dee Rees demonstrates, with simplicity and verve, that there’s no substitute for authenticity	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"The gifted Rees makes finding out a stirring and heartfelt journey. And Oduye is unforgettable. A star is born.(...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Alonso Duralde The Wrap	Dee Rees avoids all the usual clichés with the powerful 'Pariah,' a moving story that’s told with intelligence, heart and a working knowledge of the real world we live in"	POS
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"A fresh take on the overfamiliar coming-out genre"	POS
United States	Andrew Barker Variety	"Vivid photography and a wonderful lead performance compensate for some first-timer missteps.(...) the best scenes point toward a fine future for the director "	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"An impressive debut (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Lou Lumenick New York Post	"'Pariah’' has a rough spot or two, but it’s an exciting journey of discovery — both for the audience and for a feisty heroine determined to learn how to be true to herself. Don’t miss it."	POS
United States	Tom Long Detroit News	"You don't have to be black or lesbian or even know someone who's gay to appreciate "Pariah"; you just have to have gone through or be going through the process of growing up."	POS

Return to movie

We encourage you to check the reviews' original sources. Intellectual property rights of these reviews belong to their authors and/or the correspondent media from which they have been extracted. If you'd like to help us to add more reviews to your favorite movies, just send us a message.