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The Laramie Project (2001)

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Laramie, WY, is a small town which became infamous overnight in the fall of 1998, when Matthew Shepard, a gay college student, was found tied to a fence after being brutally beaten and left to die, setting off a nationwide debate about hate crimes and homophobia. A month after the crime, Moises Kaufman, a writer and director with the New York City theater troupe the Tectonic Theater Project, traveled to Laramie with a handful of actors to interview people who lived in and around Laramie in

R, 1 hr. 35 min.

Drama

Directed By: Moises Kaufman

Written By: Moises Kaufman

In Theaters: Jan 1, 2002 Wide

On DVD: Jun 25, 2002

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The bottom line is the piece works brilliantly.

April 8, 2002 Comment

Kirk Honeycutt

Hollywood Reporter

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The Laramie Project is not really about Matthew Shepard but about this question of identification with Matthew, and of identification with the larger community of Laramie that admitted, sustained, eliminated, grieved, and civilly avenged Matthew.

February 5, 2012 Full Review Source: Nick's Flick Picks

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Nick Davis

Nick's Flick Picks

A fascinating chorus of outrage and sadness, hatred and hope.

September 24, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

Though well-intentioned, dealing with the relevant issues of hate crimes and gay bashing, artisticaly speaking, Moises Kaufman's film, the opening night of 2001 Sundance Fest, is quite disappointing.

November 15, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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a potent, thought-provoking drama that offers insight not only into Shepard's case, but into the changing attitudes of Americans in general.

December 27, 2005 Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette

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James Sanford

Kalamazoo Gazette

questions our basic humanity, and gives an accurate picture of the current state of affairs of tolerance in America's schizoid version of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

May 27, 2003 Full Review Source: ToxicUniverse.com

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John A. Nesbit

ToxicUniverse.com

It's a compelling and horrifying story, and The Laramie Project is worthwhile for reminding us that this sort of thing does, in fact, still happen in America.

December 8, 2002 Full Review Source: Film Threat

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Tim Merrill

Film Threat

Kaufman creates an eerie sense of not only being there at the time of these events but the very night Matthew was killed.

June 5, 2002 Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine

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Annlee Ellingson

Boxoffice Magazine

Utter mush... conceited pap.

March 9, 2002 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

The film does give a pretty good overall picture of the situation in Laramie following the murder of Matthew Shepard.

March 9, 2002 Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope

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Robert Roten

Laramie Movie Scope

... a workmanlike film and important in that it will reach a large audience with a story that needs to be told.

March 4, 2002 Full Review Source: culturevulture.net

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Arthur Lazere

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The story is sad & tragic since it happened for real, but it doesn't work too well as a docudrama. I mean, it's just about okay. I thought that it was a documentary before I went for it, but later realized (after seeing Christina Ricci) that it's a docudrama.Don't have high expectations & you might be able to sit through it.

January 2, 2011

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I am not a huge fan of documentaries. I have nothing against them, but I guess there are other things that I would rather watch. Like a movie...and this is a movie made in documentary style with real actors playing the parts. A very interesting concept. Mostly, though, the fact that this movie is about a real crime

September 14, 2010