Strong Island

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Rus S @Mr_Maybe Sep 11, 2026 I'm normally the kind of movie watcher who will defend slower pacing when the story is compelling and makes you think. In this case, I truly feel that it was slow because there wasn't nearly enough content, so the time was filled with long spaces, family content that didn't further the story, and awkward long shots that seemed to be there for nothing more than art's sake (the upside down car shot, for example). From a story standpoint, it seems like Ford didn't do a very good job of proving racism as a motive in either the shooting or the judicial process. There was just no actual evidence put forth to back that up. Just the family's feelings. It seems like nothing more than an empty accusation made based on unrelated history. I found myself thinking that the reason she had to make the film about her brother's killing was that no other filmmaker would find it a compelling enough subject with anywhere close to enough content to make it watchable. See more

Bee C @RT93242226 May 2, 2026 This was a horrible documentary. I have no idea how anyone would nominate this for an Oscar. The mother and sibling came across as wanting people to feel sorry for them by playing the victim card. Besides that, there was no real material to work with so the director just filled the time with boring stuff that just seemed thrown in a very haphazardly way. Those are 107 minutes I won't get back. See more

Dec 19, 2021 This was terrible. So boring. Point was never made. Very clearly one sided and left out a lot. It took me 3 attempts to even finish this because it was so slow. Don't waste your time. See more

Jan 9, 2021 Slow, slow, slow. Don't bother. Made it 3/4 of the way and finally told the wife I couldn't watch any more. She said "thank god" and we went to bed. See more

Nov 25, 2020 Surprised to see such high ratings for something I found meandering and aimless for most of its running time. I fast lost interest and this overly long preamble to nowhere near pulled me back in again. Still not sure what it was hoping to impart but I came away none-the-wiser. See more

georgan g @RT98616417 Sep 11, 2020 Took twice as long as it needed to tell a complicated story. See more

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