Crown Heights
2017, Biography/Drama, 1h 36m
83 Reviews 500+ RatingsWhat to know
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Crown Heights' heartbreaking fact-based narrative -- and LaKeith Stanfield's remarkable starring performance -- push this powerful drama past its structural flaws. Read critic reviews
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Colin Warner
Carl King
Antoinette
Leon Grant
Thomas
Briana
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Critic Reviews for Crown Heights
All Critics (83) | Top Critics (31) | Fresh (64) | Rotten (19)
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It's an impressive, quietly powerful film that will stay with you long after the final credits roll.
August 30, 2018 | Full Review… -
The film just isn't biting enough to make Warner a mascot for the race-based injustice that pervades the American criminal justice system.
September 26, 2017 | Full Review… -
The sole fresh twist, one that should have been more than enough to drive the show - one friend dedicating his life to exonerating the other - is repeatedly undermined by their unequal presentation.
September 9, 2017 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review… -
Stanfield deftly balances rage and resignation, and Asomugha is impressive as a crusader who refuses to give up.
September 7, 2017 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… -
Strong central performances make this harrowing chronicle a gripping tale.
September 7, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… -
"Crown Heights" is soul-shaking only in the abstract. In execution, it's deathly dull.
September 7, 2017 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Crown Heights
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Dec 15, 2017It loses steam by the time it gets around to the investigation and exoneration portion of the movie. The reason is that this shift in the narrative forces the filmmakers to abandon their far more moving examination of the slow, agonizing way the criminal justice system and prison dehumanizes those trapped within them.Alec B Super Reviewer
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