Clemency
2019, Drama, 1h 53m
149 Reviews 50+ RatingsWhat to know
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Clemency mines serious social issues for gripping drama, brought to life by an outstanding cast led by Alfre Woodard. Read critic reviews
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Warden Bernadine Williams
Anthony Woods
Marty Lumetta
Jonathan Williams
Deputy Warden Thomas Morgan
Evette
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Clemency is proof of just how effortlessly [Woodard] can lead a film.
December 9, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
A masterwork.
July 29, 2020 | Full Review… -
Woodard, unshowy and preternaturally still, offers us a stubborn professional being steadily eaten up by her involvement with the glacially slow killing-machine.
July 20, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
It takes an actor of Woodard's calibre to show us how Bernadine arrived at this point, and why she finds herself so conflicted.
July 19, 2020 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… -
Clemency is one of those deliberately harrowing movies that leaves you feeling elated. The very precision of the film-making gives you a sense of hope.
July 18, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
The moral and ethical debates around the death penalty rarely touch on the toll it takes on the people involved, but that's the grey area writer-director Chinonye Chukwu explores with a humanist's touch and an keen ear for all her characters.
July 17, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
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