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A Raisin in the Sun

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Lena Younger (Phylicia Rashad) receives a settlement from her husband's life insurance policy and then must decide what to do with the money. She wants to move out of their apartment into a house in a more genteel neighborhood. Her eldest son, Walter (Sean Combs), aspires to be an entrepreneur. Daughter Beneatha (Sanaa Lathan) hopes to go to medical school. Though their aspirations collide, they try to find a way to retain their family's cohesion.

Critics Reviews

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John Leonard New York Magazine/Vulture Jan 5, 2018
... Raisin works well on television, like so many other fifties plays that tended toward the Freudian and claustrophobic, with their Munch-scream close-ups and slammed Ibsen doors. Go to Full Review Dennis Harvey Variety Jan 30, 2008
No one will mistake this well-produced but inevitably dialogue-driven piece for pure cinema, but Leon and adapter Paris Qualles open up the play just enough to avoid the usual stage-to-screen claustrophobia. Go to Full Review Anne Louise Bannon Common Sense Media Jan 1, 2011
4/5
Thoughtful, play-based drama examines racism. Go to Full Review Peter Canavese Groucho Reviews May 28, 2008
3.5/4
A quintessentially American play, revisited...this one has towering performances from Rashad and McDonald. Go to Full Review Kam Williams NewsBlaze Feb 18, 2008
4/4
An African-American classic every bit as relevant today as when it was first staged. Go to Full Review Jessica Baxter Film Threat Jan 29, 2008
3/5
A Raisin in the Sun isn't bad... for a TV MOVIE. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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Easton S. @RT18170718 Apr 7, 2026 pretty good movie. I liked it. it also had diddy in it. 5/5. See more Nithilan A @RT64230497 Apr 26, 2025 My my my...What a film, I think this is the greatest film I have ever laid my eyes upon. It was only mediocre until I saw my glorious king Diddy. This movie went from a 6/10 to a 12/10 banger heh I thought that the Godfather was good lowk Coppola and Tarantino gotta take notes from Diddys acting it was truly spectacular, godlike even. Please everyone in the world, actually universe must watch this film. 1000000/10 final score. See more LIAM C @RT81833688 Nov 25, 2024 Only because diddy is in the film. See more Young C @RT96868378 Mar 31, 2024 Good movie, but Diddy is cooked. See more Ted W @RT84494621 Aug 31, 2020 Great fantastic almost phenomenal movie starring Sean Diddy combs and some other great actors. Compared to the original movie it's not as good but still a really good adaptation. See more Sep 24, 2019 its was good me and my class are watching the 2008 on YouTube everybody in my school says its good and it brings ppl together and lean about different skin colors and where everybody come black or white or asin or anybody See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Kenny Leon

Director

Diddy

Walter Lee Younger

Phylicia Rashad

Lena Younger

Audra McDonald

Ruth Younger

Sanaa Lathan

Beneatha Younger

John Stamos

Carl Lindner

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A Raisin in the Sun

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Movie Info

Synopsis Lena Younger (Phylicia Rashad) receives a settlement from her husband's life insurance policy and then must decide what to do with the money. She wants to move out of their apartment into a house in a more genteel neighborhood. Her eldest son, Walter (Sean Combs), aspires to be an entrepreneur. Daughter Beneatha (Sanaa Lathan) hopes to go to medical school. Though their aspirations collide, they try to find a way to retain their family's cohesion.
Director
Kenny Leon
Producer
John M. Eckert
Screenwriter
Paris Qualles
Production Co
Zadan/Meron Productions, Storyline Entertainment, Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group, Sony Pictures Television
Rating
TV-14 (L)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 2, 2017
Runtime
2h 11m
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