That rare thing, an American movie that looks at teenagers' life with sensitivity and empathy and humanity.
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09/13/01
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Our Song (2001)
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Reviews Counted:51
Fresh:46
Rotten:5
Average Rating:7.2/10
Consensus: Graced with such a realistic feel that it resembles a documentary, Our Song is a sensitive portrayal of three teenage girls.
Theatrical Release:May 25, 2001 Limited
Synopsis: OUR SONG follows three very real high school girls over one summer in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Best friends and confidants, the girls--Lanisha (Kerry Washington), Maria (Melissa Martinez), and... [More]
Starring: Kerry Washington, Anna Simpson, Melissa Martinez, Marlene Forte
Director: Jim McKay
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Reviews for Our Song
Top CriticBeautifully illuminates that poised-on-the-edge period of adolescence and the sad weight of leaving childhood behind.
09/07/01
It's not clear who is telling whose story, but it's obvious this song belongs to them all.
09/06/01
After watching Our Song, we leave with a very potent sense that these characters have become so real, they continue living beyond the close of the movie.
08/30/01
Top CriticThe power of Our Song finally comes through in its dozens of mesmerizing moments.
08/21/01
Confirms [McKay's] gift for catching ordinary folk in authentic terms on film.
08/21/01
Top CriticAn honest and compelling movie about the friendship between three girls in a high school band.
08/15/01
We come to care about the characters, and at the end we appreciate having had the opportunity to see the world through their eyes.
08/10/01
Top CriticThe movie's soul isn't its plot but the relationships among the girls.
08/10/01
Top CriticIt would take a heart of stone not to respond to these characters, sympathetically written and sincerely acted.
08/09/01
The kind of movie that might be capable of realistically reflecting teens' lives to other teens.
08/08/01
A low-budget, low-income slice-of-life movie oozing with community atmosphere and authentic affinity...
08/08/01
Pretentiously paced picture that tosses out a few big societal problems (drugs, shoplifting and, most of all, teen pregnancy) as nonchalantly as turning on a light switch.
08/01/01
In lesser hands, this material would make for a banal after-school special; but writer and director Jim McKay (Girls Town) is clearly comfortable not only with his characters but also the lower-class urban milieu they inhabit.
07/24/01
Our Song has no illusions about easy fixes. But neither does it traffic in facile despair as its three Graces saunter along the cracked pavement and into our hearts.
07/24/01
Top CriticHas the courage to work without a net, aware that when you're a teenager, your life is not a story so much as a million possible stories.
07/06/01
Top CriticRich with scenes of affection, anger and reconciliation, along with moments of unfeigned humor.
07/05/01
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06/26/01
A languid but refreshingly real depiction of female adolescence in the inner city.
06/19/01
Top CriticTakes familiar material and develops it with such tact and skill that we find ourselves moved and sort of amazed at the same time.
06/15/01
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