An involving, inspirational drama that sometimes falls prey to its sob-story trappings.
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12/19/02
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Antwone Fisher (2002)
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Reviews Counted:144
Fresh:113
Rotten:31
Average Rating:6.9/10
Consensus: Washington's directing debut is a solidly crafted, emotionally touching work.
Runtime: 2 hrs
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:Dec 20, 2002 Limited
Box Office: $20,813,967
Synopsis: The true story of ANTWONE FISHER tracks a remarkable young man on the path to recovery from physical and sexual abuse. Antwone Fisher (Derek Luke) is a young Navy sailor who is on verge of getting... [More]
Starring: Derek Luke, Joy Bryant, Denzel Washington, Salli Richardson
Director: Denzel Washington
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Reviews for Antwone Fisher
Top CriticThe structure the film takes may find Matt Damon and Ben Affleck once again looking for residuals as this officially completes a Good Will Hunting trilogy that was never planned.
12/19/02
A movie that resonates with truth and caring and, thanks to the uncommon rapport between Luke and Washington, grabs at the heart like nothing else this year.
12/19/02
Top CriticThough the screenplay -- written by the real-life Fisher -- seems a bit self-aggrandizing, even stone-hearted cynics would be wise to pack tissues.
12/19/02
Antwone Fisher's overriding honesty even survives the film's obligatory, sick-making crane-shot-with- swelling-music final image.
12/19/02
Celebrates family in a way that's deeply felt by the director and screenwriter/subject and no doubt will be shared by viewers of any ethnicity.
12/19/02
Top CriticIt is an inspirational, heart-tugging story of the kind Oscar might be willing to embrace.
12/18/02
That the real Antwone Fisher was able to overcome his personal obstacles and become a good man is a wonderful thing; that he has been able to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle.
12/18/02
Induces the sort of catharsis that leaves you feeling released, enlightened and in deeper touch with humanity.
12/18/02
Top CriticOffers an impressive melding of quietly radical images and ideas with, yes, an old-fashioned, crowd-pleasing holiday tearjerker.
12/18/02
It's a familiar story, but one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence.
12/18/02
Top CriticA crowd-pleasing tearjerker...a film whose earnestness and dignity almost (though not quite) overcome the narrative's sentimentality and lack of surprise.
12/18/02
It works. I laughed, I cried, I left the theater with a bounce in my step.
12/17/02
a by-the-numbers patient/doctor pic that covers all the usual ground
12/17/02
Everything -- even life on an aircraft carrier -- is sentimentalized.
12/17/02
Top CriticThe film works well as a conventional tear-jerker drama told in a straightforward no-nonsense manner.
12/17/02
Expect a few tears of joy in the audience. And expect to see this film showing up on some lists of the year's best films.
12/17/02
Trivial where it should be profound, and hyper-cliched where it should be sincere.
12/17/02
A special film with some really special performances from the young actors and of course Denzel Washington.
12/16/02
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12/16/02
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