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Native Son (TV)

HBO Max

Native Son

2019

Rashid Johnson

Ashton Sanders, Margaret Qualley, Nick Robinson, KiKi Layne ...

5.6

429

Drama Bigger “Big” Thomas, a young African American man, lives with his mother and siblings in Chicago. Half-heartedly involved with a girlfriend, he sports green hair and a punk jacket, smokes weed, and carries a pistol—but rebuffs his buddy’s “easy-money” scheme to knock off a corner store. Full of self-determination, Big accepts a job as the chauffeur for wealthy businessman Will Dalton’s family. Moving into their mansion, he begins ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"Ashton Sanders gives a poetic performance (...) 'Native Son' is a drama of vibrant moodiness, and Matthew Libatique’s cinematography lends it a hot sensual street glow."	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"A problematic but keenly talented take on an imperishable text (...) This effort has so much talent evident in so many creative areas that it’s quite worth a look.	POS
United States	Gregory Ellwood The Playlist	"While Johnson does suffer from making some of his artistic flourishes a little too on the nose (...) there is a good portion of the film where he displays eye-popping talent as a filmmaker"	NEU
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"The film’s cumulative effect stuns (...) Ashton Sanders heads a fine cast (...) Johnson proves himself quite capable of conjuring moods and tones"	POS
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"Johnson's adaptation of the seminal novel isn't perfect, but it enhances the story's themes with powerful filmmaking."	POS

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