Shazam!
High Life
Widows
The Walking Dead
Log in with Facebook
OR
By creating an account, you agree to the Privacy Policy and the Terms and Policies, and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango.
Please enter your email address and we will email you a new password.
We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your account. Just leave us a message here and we will work on getting you verified.
Please reference “Error Code 2121” when contacting customer service.
Crown Heights' heartbreaking fact-based narrative -- and LaKeith Stanfield's remarkable starring performance -- push this powerful drama past its structural flaws.
All Critics (78) | Top Critics (23) | Fresh (59) | Rotten (19) | DVD (1)
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. Sep 8, 2017 | Rating: 2/5 | 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.
Scott Marks
Stanfield deftly balances rage and resignation, and Asomugha is impressive as a crusader who refuses to give up. Sep 7, 2017 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Stanfield deftly balances rage and resignation, and Asomugha is impressive as a crusader who refuses to give up.
Calvin Wilson
"Crown Heights" is soul-shaking only in the abstract. In execution, it's deathly dull. Sep 7, 2017 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
"Crown Heights" is soul-shaking only in the abstract. In execution, it's deathly dull.
Barbara VanDenburgh
Stanfield, in a performance of quiet power, fully inhabits Warner's agony at the injustice that is being done to him. Sep 5, 2017 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
Stanfield, in a performance of quiet power, fully inhabits Warner's agony at the injustice that is being done to him.
Soren Andersen
"Crown Heights" plows forward, steely in its resolve, and forgoes the emotional fireworks in favor of subdued, straightforward storytelling. Sep 1, 2017 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
"Crown Heights" plows forward, steely in its resolve, and forgoes the emotional fireworks in favor of subdued, straightforward storytelling.
Adam Graham
The two men's relationship, and others in the film, might have been explored in greater depth, but Ruskin rightly keeps his focus on the judicial system as it fails Warner again and again. Aug 31, 2017 | Full Review…
The two men's relationship, and others in the film, might have been explored in greater depth, but Ruskin rightly keeps his focus on the judicial system as it fails Warner again and again.
J. R. Jones
Crown Heights is underwritten, but Colin Warner's story deserves to be heard and you could do much worse than this earnest and watchable retelling populated with confident performances. Mar 4, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Crown Heights is underwritten, but Colin Warner's story deserves to be heard and you could do much worse than this earnest and watchable retelling populated with confident performances.
Rachel Brook
Crown Heights was simply an amazing movie to me. It gives you a slightly different perspective of the prison system. I thought it was great to see the effects of what prison life could do an actual innocent person. Feb 6, 2019 | Rating: 8.5/10 | Full Review…
Crown Heights was simply an amazing movie to me. It gives you a slightly different perspective of the prison system. I thought it was great to see the effects of what prison life could do an actual innocent person.
Emmanuel Noisette
Crown Heights dismayingly plods to its conclusion, where the weight and intrinsic importance of its material is rendered into a saccharine goop of inconsequence. Dec 3, 2018 | Full Review…
Crown Heights dismayingly plods to its conclusion, where the weight and intrinsic importance of its material is rendered into a saccharine goop of inconsequence.
Daniel Nava
The story of Colin Warner is just one of many, one of many heartbreaking stories where justice isn't served. Oct 30, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
The story of Colin Warner is just one of many, one of many heartbreaking stories where justice isn't served.
Sean Mulvihill
Even though [the actors] excel, the constant ping-ponging back and forth to make sure everything is included does subvert their success. Oct 10, 2018 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…
Even though [the actors] excel, the constant ping-ponging back and forth to make sure everything is included does subvert their success.
Jared Mobarak
It's an impressive, quietly powerful film that will stay with you long after the final credits roll. Aug 30, 2018 | Full Review…
It's an impressive, quietly powerful film that will stay with you long after the final credits roll.
Hannah Woodhead
It 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.
Super Reviewer
There are no approved quotes yet for this movie.
View All