Stonewall (2015)
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Critic Consensus: As an ordinary coming-of-age drama, Stonewall is merely dull and scattered -- but as an attempt to depict a pivotal moment in American history, it's offensively bad.
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Cast
as Trevor
as Ed Murphy
as Orphan Annie
as Danny
as Phoebe
as Cong
as Cong
as Ray/Ramona
as D.I. Seymour Pine
as Coach Winters
as Wife
as Joe Altman
as Quiet Paul
as Lee
as Saint of Christopher Street
as Marsha
as Dep. Jack Smythe
as Sarah
as Trent
as Matt
as Fat Tony
as Sgt. Walter Healds
as Grey Haired Man
as Man In Red Dress
as Queen Tooey
as Frank Kameny
as Mr. Pugliese
as Sam
as Terry
as Jack
as Blond Frankie
as Night Class Teacher
as Longshoreman
as Mrs. Henderson
as Morrison
as Big Daddy
as Sheriff
as Burly Cop
as Cop #2
as Female Officer #1
as Female Officer #2
as Buick Driver
as Hector
as NY Taxi Driver
as Trevor's New Boy
as Hotel Manager
as Joe's Mother
as Locker Room Football Player #1
as Locker Room Football Player #2
as Magoo
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Critic Reviews for Stonewall
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Stonewall is a movie about a pivotal moment in LGBT history as filtered through the perspective of a fictional hunk of Wonder Bread named Danny who steps off a bus from Indiana and right into a central role in the Christopher Street scene.
The Stonewall Riots were a triumph for a marginalized community, but Emmerich fails to convey the significance of the event in any meaningful fashion. The subject matter deserves better, and so do we.
It's a self-financed passion project, from a man who might be the most financially successful out gay filmmaker ever. We should be celebrating this, but man, oh man, does he make it difficult.
Although handsomely crafted, well-acted and made with transparently noble intentions, Roland Emmerich's "Stonewall" is a movie that seems destined to please almost no one.
Danny isn't all that interesting. And the sadder fact is that the filmmakers seem to know that, but worry an audience won't identify with a more flamboyant character. So they present this safer, paler alternative.
There may be a good movie to be made about the Stonewall riots, which triggered much of the gay power movement in 1970, but "Stonewall" isn't it.
Audience Reviews for Stonewall
I can't shake the feeling that this cheap fantasy is Emmerich's Showgirls, with cheap acting, dialogue and structure (what's with those intrusive flashbacks?), and it reduces the Stonewall riots to a minor scuffle in the life of a white-bread, Dorothy-like jock in Christopher Street the Land of Oz.
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A meandering mess that seems to hate its characters.
Super Reviewer
"Stonewall" is probably one of Roland Emmerich's better films -- which isn't necessarily high praise considering the number of stinkers he's given us. Neither the significance of the Stonewall nor of the riots are explained very well, and none of the characters have much going for them in the interesting or likability departments. However, some of the particular struggles and injustices facing the LGBT community are set forth effectively. Overall, it's an adequate film worth seeing, but it is not likely to linger on your mind after leaving the theater.
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Stonewall Quotes
| Trevor: | That's not the way Danny! |
| Trevor: | We're an organization that fights for gay rights. |