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The Saint of Fort Washington

1993

Tim Hunter

Matt Dillon, Danny Glover, Rick Aviles, Nina Siemaszko ...

6.4

609

Drama Matthew, a young schizophrenic, finds himself out on the street when a slumlord tears down his apartment building. Soon, he finds himself in even more dire straits, when he is threatened by Little Leroy, a thug who is one of the tough denizens of the Fort Washington Shelter for Men. He reaches out to Jerry, a streetwise combat veteran, who takes Matthew under his wing as a son. The relationship between these two men grows as they ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"Sympathetic performances from Danny Glover and Matt Dillon somewhat compensate for the mildness of the material, but can't disguise the fact that the film has very little to say about a major societal problem."	NEU
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"Whatever its shortcomings, 'The Saint of Fort Washington' takes its subject very seriously, in ways that no audience can fail to find wrenchingly sad."	POS
United Kingdom	Derek Adams Time Out	"Though something of a failure in its own terms, this social-conscience movie does produce a strong emotional tug"	NEU

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