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Passionate and powerfully acted, Fruitvale Station serves as a celebration of life, a condemnation of death, and a triumph for star Michael B. Jordan.
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Coogler's realistic debut recreates Grant's final day with affection, refusing to cast him as either saint or sinner. Sep 23, 2014 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Coogler's realistic debut recreates Grant's final day with affection, refusing to cast him as either saint or sinner.
Kate Muir
Brilliantly observed and very moving. Jun 6, 2014 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Brilliantly observed and very moving.
Geoffrey Macnab
Jordan doesn't beg for our sympathy and is all the more magnetic as a result. The finale is devastating. Jun 6, 2014 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Jordan doesn't beg for our sympathy and is all the more magnetic as a result. The finale is devastating.
Charlotte O'Sullivan
There is something almost spiritual in the eerie importance that all the ordinary, banal facts of a life achieve under scrutiny, as time is running out. Jun 5, 2014 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
There is something almost spiritual in the eerie importance that all the ordinary, banal facts of a life achieve under scrutiny, as time is running out.
Peter Bradshaw
Why is goodhearted liberal cinema sometimes so dumb? Jun 5, 2014 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Why is goodhearted liberal cinema sometimes so dumb?
Nigel Andrews
The emotionally wrenching Fruitvale Station doesn't feel like a call-to-arms so much as a call against them. Jun 5, 2014 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The emotionally wrenching Fruitvale Station doesn't feel like a call-to-arms so much as a call against them.
Tim Robey
Fruitvale Station is one "must see" stop for all movie-goers. Nov 26, 2019 | Full Review…
Fruitvale Station is one "must see" stop for all movie-goers.
Debbie Lynn Elias
Fruitvale Station is courageous, heartbreaking and will surely lead its director and lead actor into the greatness. Nov 20, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Fruitvale Station is courageous, heartbreaking and will surely lead its director and lead actor into the greatness.
Katie Smith-Wong
Fruitvale Station is at its best...(save one purple section where Oscar cradles a dying dog) as Coogler gives us the story of a young black man in crisis. Nov 19, 2019 | Rating: 3.8/5 | Full Review…
Fruitvale Station is at its best...(save one purple section where Oscar cradles a dying dog) as Coogler gives us the story of a young black man in crisis.
David Harris
Such sad outcomes are all too commonplace in the United States, and this simple, stridently moving film drives home the pointlessness of a life lost for no reason. Jun 28, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Such sad outcomes are all too commonplace in the United States, and this simple, stridently moving film drives home the pointlessness of a life lost for no reason.
Leigh Paatsch
It's a rough sit, sometimes unpleasant, and ultimately deeply painful, but somehow an essential watch. Jun 8, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
It's a rough sit, sometimes unpleasant, and ultimately deeply painful, but somehow an essential watch.
Matthew Lucas
Ryan Coogler, aided by a wonderfully compelling performance from his central actor, has created an emotionally strong film that stays in the heart and corners of the eyes for a long time after the credits. Jun 7, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Ryan Coogler, aided by a wonderfully compelling performance from his central actor, has created an emotionally strong film that stays in the heart and corners of the eyes for a long time after the credits.
Christopher Preston
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