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Clemency mines serious social issues for gripping drama, brought to life by an outstanding cast led by Alfre Woodard.
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[I]t's Woodard's movie, and her character's silent anguish rests just below the surface of her stone-faced veneer. It's a powerful performance in a powerful movie. February 10, 2020 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
[I]t's Woodard's movie, and her character's silent anguish rests just below the surface of her stone-faced veneer. It's a powerful performance in a powerful movie.
Adam Graham
The real question isn't whether this person or that person will be executed, but whether Bernardine will go to pieces, and yet with a performance like Woodard's at the center, that's all a movie needs. January 23, 2020 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
The real question isn't whether this person or that person will be executed, but whether Bernardine will go to pieces, and yet with a performance like Woodard's at the center, that's all a movie needs.
Mick LaSalle
It's the kind of film that stays with the audience long after the credits roll. Unlike a pretty little gold statuette, that's not something that can fit neatly on (director) Chukwu's mantle but she should cherish it nonetheless. January 22, 2020 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…
It's the kind of film that stays with the audience long after the credits roll. Unlike a pretty little gold statuette, that's not something that can fit neatly on (director) Chukwu's mantle but she should cherish it nonetheless.
Cary Darling
I hate the amateur quarterbacking I'm about to engage in, but that [Woodard's] performance did not merit an Academy Award nomination is damning. January 17, 2020 | Full Review…
I hate the amateur quarterbacking I'm about to engage in, but that [Woodard's] performance did not merit an Academy Award nomination is damning.
Rumaan Alam
While admittedly spartan in its stylistic approach, Clemency is wrenching in its performances and direction. January 17, 2020 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
While admittedly spartan in its stylistic approach, Clemency is wrenching in its performances and direction.
Chandler Levack
"Clemency" isn't exactly a good time at the movies, but it's definitely an enlightening one. January 16, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
"Clemency" isn't exactly a good time at the movies, but it's definitely an enlightening one.
Bill Goodykoontz
Woodard internalizes everything to give one of the great pressurized performances of the year. February 24, 2020 | Full Review…
Woodard internalizes everything to give one of the great pressurized performances of the year.
Isaac Feldberg
The film lends Bernadine a kindness and tremendous understanding, particularly in regard to such controversial and complex subject matter. February 22, 2020 | Full Review…
The film lends Bernadine a kindness and tremendous understanding, particularly in regard to such controversial and complex subject matter.
Sadaf Ahsan
Alfre Woodard shoulders the load of the acting so well that it is impossible to distinguish her performance from the real life of the beleaguered executioner. February 14, 2020 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…
Alfre Woodard shoulders the load of the acting so well that it is impossible to distinguish her performance from the real life of the beleaguered executioner.
Ron Wilkinson
I myself have found the film itself falling short of the hype, despite its felicities and its lead performance. February 14, 2020 | Full Review…
I myself have found the film itself falling short of the hype, despite its felicities and its lead performance.
Kristian M. Lin
dramatizes in a uniquely compelling way the realities of our system of incarceration and punishment that moves beyond broad arguments for and against the death penalty by showing us the price paid by all those who must work within such a system February 11, 2020 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
dramatizes in a uniquely compelling way the realities of our system of incarceration and punishment that moves beyond broad arguments for and against the death penalty by showing us the price paid by all those who must work within such a system
James Kendrick
Woodard gives an absolutely breath-taking, internalized performance that is among the best that you'll see this or any year. February 8, 2020 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
Woodard gives an absolutely breath-taking, internalized performance that is among the best that you'll see this or any year.
Tom Santilli
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