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Movie Info

A war veteran seeks justice when police kill his unarmed son during a routine traffic stop.

Rating:

R (Language Throughout|Some Violence)
Genre:

drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Nate Parker
Producer:

Lukas Behnken, Tarak Ben Ammar, Mark Burg
Writer:

Nate Parker
Release Date (Streaming):

Jan 15, 2021
Box Office (Gross USA):

$100.0K
Runtime:

1h 29m
Production Co:

Eagle Pictures, Tiny Giant Entertainment, Sterling Light Productions

Cast & Crew

Omari Hardwick
Omar "Derwood" Scott

Beau Knapp
Officer Mike Randall

Theo Rossi
Officer Dominic Reyes

Allius Barnes
Jayden

Hunter Bodine
Officer Dell

Wolfgang Bodison
Captain Eugene Morris

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Critic Reviews for American Skin

All Critics (18) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (12)

American Skin is worth seeing, for the issues Parker seeks to address, even if it only partially works in leaving a mark.

January 14, 2021 | Full Review…

Brian Lowry
CNN.com
Instead of lending immediacy, the padded-out documentary conceit only spotlights the stiltedness, and Parker falls short of building credible drama out of urgent issues.

January 14, 2021 | Full Review…

Nicolas Rapold
New York Times
Infuriatingly manipulative and insufferably preachy, "American Skin" examines the cultural issues tearing apart our nation and reduces them to cheap theatrics.

September 4, 2019 | Full Review…

Tim Grierson
Screen International
"American Skin" is a jagged symphony of false notes, each one struck with a sledgehammer.

September 3, 2019 | Full Review…

Justin Chang
Los Angeles Times
A self-serving call to action that tries to hide its basic incompetence behind a veil of righteous fury.

September 3, 2019 | Rating: D | Full Review…

David Ehrlich
indieWire
So clotted, so strident and so thickly cloaked in self-pity that its impassioned story risks becoming worryingly self-serving.

September 1, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Xan Brooks
Guardian
It was very powerful.

February 5, 2021 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…

Tony Baker
Tony Baker Comedy
Father seeks justice in violent police brutality drama.

February 2, 2021 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Jordan Elizabeth
Common Sense Media
Nate Parker takes ongoing conflict between the boys in blue and the Black community blowing it apart cinematically with a compelling narrative that is long winded, but necessary

January 24, 2021 | Full Review…

Carla Renata
The Curvy Film Critic
American Skin wants to say something important, and that's admirable. It's simply done in too scattershot of a way to be even close to effective.

January 20, 2021 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

Joey Magidson
Awards Radar
Under Parker's hands, these significant topics combust into a series of melodramatic frames.

January 19, 2021 | Full Review…

Matt Conway
Battle Royale With Cheese
Nate Parker's directorial debut was mired by controversy surrounding a crime he was acquitted of in his youth, but his latest film will require no such consternation in deliberating its success. It's awful enough on its own merits.

January 17, 2021 | Rating: 1/10 | Full Review…

Dominic Griffin
The Armchair Auteur