Movie Info
Genre :
DramaRelease Date :
April 17, 2009 (Limited)MPAA Rating :
PG-13Director :
Tim DisneyStarring :
Nicole Beharie, Tim Blake Nelson, Will Patton, Michael O'Keefe, Xzibit, Malcolm Barrett, Alfre Woodard, Charles S. Dutton, Scott A. Martin, Tim Ware
REVIEWS RATE:
Critics 
Readers 
[Rate It]
“..the film doesn't fully trust the true story's inherent power..”
by Michael O'Sullivan [Washington Post]
Review rate : C+
“..more affecting than it ought to be..”
“..more affecting than it ought to be..”
by Scott Tobias [Onion AV Club]
“..has the necessary anger to engage its subject but also the generic topical-telefilm aesthetics that often render it glib and inauthentic..”
by Bill Weber [Slant Magazine]
Review rate : B+
“..an instructive, sturdily built drama..”
“..an instructive, sturdily built drama..”
by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]
“..A docudrama with a good heart but a heavy hand..”
by Melissa Anderson [Village Voice]
Reviewed by Stephen Holden [NY Times]
Reader's Reviews
This is Anmerica....only a few years ago! What else don't we know?
posted by American Violet on Dec 25, 2008