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While it remains a reasonably inspiring drama, Brian Banks might have presented a more complex or fully realized version of the real-life story it dramatizes.
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Hodge's resolute performance anchors the film, while the nuanced screenplay from Doug Atchison and lush visual language from cinematographer Ricardo Diaz push it several rungs above prosaic TV-movie-style fare. August 9, 2019 | Full Review…
Hodge's resolute performance anchors the film, while the nuanced screenplay from Doug Atchison and lush visual language from cinematographer Ricardo Diaz push it several rungs above prosaic TV-movie-style fare.
Leah Pickett
Brian Banks almost never surprises us. We know where the story is going. (If it didn't go a certain way, there would be no movie.) Still, it's a well-constructed, well-acted, solidly told tale. August 9, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Brian Banks almost never surprises us. We know where the story is going. (If it didn't go a certain way, there would be no movie.) Still, it's a well-constructed, well-acted, solidly told tale.
Richard Roeper
The true story of a football player falsely accused of sexual assault is lifted by Aldis Hodge in the title role but brought low by a flat, formulaic telling. August 9, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The true story of a football player falsely accused of sexual assault is lifted by Aldis Hodge in the title role but brought low by a flat, formulaic telling.
Peter Travers
[A] well-intentioned film crippled by its dramatic structure. August 9, 2019 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
[A] well-intentioned film crippled by its dramatic structure.
Adam Graham
For "Brian Banks..." it to succeed we have to buy Banks as an exceptional individual, able to rise above adversity and doubts by virtue of his determination, belief in self and overall strength of personality, all of which Hodge urgently conveys. August 8, 2019 | Full Review…
For "Brian Banks..." it to succeed we have to buy Banks as an exceptional individual, able to rise above adversity and doubts by virtue of his determination, belief in self and overall strength of personality, all of which Hodge urgently conveys.
Kenneth Turan
Playing Banks over the course of more than a decade, Hodge consistently makes the movie compelling, even when it veers toward a safe, faith-based uplift. August 8, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Playing Banks over the course of more than a decade, Hodge consistently makes the movie compelling, even when it veers toward a safe, faith-based uplift.
Christy Lemire
This is a great story, well told, about a man who refuses to give up on his quest for justice, despite the incredible odds against him. January 24, 2020 | Rating: B | Full Review…
This is a great story, well told, about a man who refuses to give up on his quest for justice, despite the incredible odds against him.
Robert Roten
Director Tom Shadyac respects the moral clarity in the Brian Banks screenplay by Doug Atchison, who also wrote the moving Akeelah and the Bee, another keen observation of individual action over activism. January 24, 2020 | Full Review…
Director Tom Shadyac respects the moral clarity in the Brian Banks screenplay by Doug Atchison, who also wrote the moving Akeelah and the Bee, another keen observation of individual action over activism.
Armond White
What had the potential to be a really strong film ultimately comes across as a better-than-average-looking TV movie of the week. December 2, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
What had the potential to be a really strong film ultimately comes across as a better-than-average-looking TV movie of the week.
Jennie Kermode
Brian Banks tells but one story of our broken system of justice, and it tells it very well. August 30, 2019 | Full Review…
Brian Banks tells but one story of our broken system of justice, and it tells it very well.
Martha K. Baker
It is gut-wrenching to watch the unfairness Banks endured and Hodge's performance is amazingly true to life. ..a film that will stay with you for a long time. August 21, 2019 | Rating: 9/10 | Full Review…
It is gut-wrenching to watch the unfairness Banks endured and Hodge's performance is amazingly true to life. ..a film that will stay with you for a long time.
Tony Medley
Brian Banks is a feel-good movie of triumph over insurmountable odds. Bank's story is one of hope and inspiration and takes only a minor misstep... August 20, 2019 | Rating: 8.5/10 | Full Review…
Brian Banks is a feel-good movie of triumph over insurmountable odds. Bank's story is one of hope and inspiration and takes only a minor misstep...
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