Imperial Dreams

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Movie Info

A reformed gangster's devotion to his family is tested when he is released from prison and returns to his old neighborhood.

Genre:

drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Malik Vitthal
Producer:

Yay Yay Bobby Jones, Jonathan Schwartz, Andrea Sperling, Katherine Fairfax Wright
Writer:

Malik Vitthal, Ismet Prcic
Release Date (Streaming):

May 23, 2017
Runtime:

1h 27m

Cast & Crew

John Boyega
Bambi

Rotimi
Wayne

Glenn Plummer
Uncle Shrimp

De'aundre Bonds
Gideon

Keke Palmer
Samaara

Nora Zehetner
Janine

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Critic Reviews for Imperial Dreams

All Critics (12) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (1)

Like the similarly quiet and thrumming Moonlight, Imperial is most affecting as an internal portrait of a young black man's struggle to embrace softness when the world tells him he has to be hard to survive.

February 6, 2017 | Full Review…

Inkoo Kang
MTV
Malik Vitthal's first feature gives rich dramatic life to a piercingly analytical view of the American way of incarceration.

April 18, 2016 | Full Review…

Richard Brody
New Yorker
Like the cyclical cycle of violence and poverty, "Imperial Dreams" mercilessly envelops you in its narrative and refuses to let you go until you've been moved.

January 31, 2014 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…

Sam Fragoso
RogerEbert.com
Bighearted yet surprisingly nuanced ...

January 20, 2014 | Full Review…

Geoff Berkshire
Variety
More than any other gang movie in recent memory, Imperial Dreams sidesteps cliches and carves out a place of its own next to the best films in the genre.

March 22, 2019 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…

Bernard Boo
Way Too Indie
Imperial Dreams does not have the buzzing beats or flashing lights of most L.A. stories. Because of this, its characters feel real and its payoffs are gripping.

February 23, 2017 | Full Review…

Noah Welsh
Film Inquiry
Dark yet inspiring tale has cursing, violence, drugs.

February 14, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Renee Schonfeld
Common Sense Media
Imperial Dreams makes a modest, sincere case for the seeming futility of a post-jail existence.

February 6, 2017 | Rating: B- | Full Review…

Dominick Suzanne-Mayer
Consequence of Sound
You can call nearly all the upcoming beats with startling accuracy, as well as the fates of many of the characters.

February 4, 2014 | Rating: C | Full Review…

Dan Schindel
Movie Mezzanine
Imperial Dreams details the morally ambivalence of the situation in inner-city LA with beauty and grace, providing some of the most effective and memorable performances of the year.

January 31, 2014 | Rating: A- | Full Review…

Jason Gorber
ScreenAnarchy
Imperial Dreams bucks the usual "ghetto drama" trend in its depiction of a father who refuses to fall back into the street life.

January 28, 2014 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Travis Hopson
Examiner.com
John Boyega first wowed audiences with his dynamite performance in Attack the Block. Once again playing the anti-hero, Imperial Dreams is another victory lap for this young actor, who's going to go on to do big, big things.

January 26, 2014 | Full Review…

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