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Its intentions are sometimes easier to appreciate than its execution, but The Public remains an earnest and reasonably engaging social advocacy drama.
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It's hard to play a good man doing the right thing. Saints are dramatically dull, but Estevez gets away with it here. Jul 30, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
It's hard to play a good man doing the right thing. Saints are dramatically dull, but Estevez gets away with it here.
Paul Byrnes
Estevez's drama gets a little preachy in the second half, but "The Public" is passionate about its cause and the cast... deliver like the pros they are. May 20, 2019 | Full Review…
Estevez's drama gets a little preachy in the second half, but "The Public" is passionate about its cause and the cast... deliver like the pros they are.
Randy Myers
Alec Baldwin, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Slater and Gabrielle Union all look like they'd rather be somewhere else. Apr 25, 2019 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
Alec Baldwin, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Slater and Gabrielle Union all look like they'd rather be somewhere else.
Barry Hertz
Writer-director-star Emilio Estevez turns a library occupied by homeless citizens as ground zero for our under-fire democracy. Bravo! Apr 13, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Writer-director-star Emilio Estevez turns a library occupied by homeless citizens as ground zero for our under-fire democracy. Bravo!
Peter Travers
The problem is, there's only just enough story to go round. You can hear the creak as both characters and subplots get jacked up out of proportion. Apr 7, 2019 | Full Review…
The problem is, there's only just enough story to go round. You can hear the creak as both characters and subplots get jacked up out of proportion.
Anthony Lane
Its heart is in the right place, but because it's mired in too many of Estevez's questions about public duty versus public safety, The Public struggles to stay on track and keep the viewer involved. Apr 5, 2019 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Its heart is in the right place, but because it's mired in too many of Estevez's questions about public duty versus public safety, The Public struggles to stay on track and keep the viewer involved.
Rex Reed
Yes, it's earnest and it tries a little too hard, but it sucked me in. Sep 26, 2019 | Full Review…
Yes, it's earnest and it tries a little too hard, but it sucked me in.
Lael Loewenstein
Well-acted but preachy, sometimes corny civics lesson melodrama that's just touching enough and funny enough to come off. Sep 18, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Well-acted but preachy, sometimes corny civics lesson melodrama that's just touching enough and funny enough to come off.
Roger Moore
There is something decidedly old-fashioned about the storytelling in The Public, but maybe there's truth to the idea that we need to understand and appreciate the past if we're ever going to be able to move forward together. Sep 11, 2019 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…
There is something decidedly old-fashioned about the storytelling in The Public, but maybe there's truth to the idea that we need to understand and appreciate the past if we're ever going to be able to move forward together.
tt stern-enzi
Written, directed by and starring Emilio Estevez, The Public is a pleasantly old-fashioned crowd-pleaser, which argues that libraries are the last great bastion of modern democracy, since they provide free access to knowledge, community and shelter. Sep 9, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
Written, directed by and starring Emilio Estevez, The Public is a pleasantly old-fashioned crowd-pleaser, which argues that libraries are the last great bastion of modern democracy, since they provide free access to knowledge, community and shelter.
Vicky Roach
It's a beautifully shot and directed film that openly wears its heart on its sleeve as an ode to one of the last surviving bastions of free information and public space - the public library. Aug 16, 2019 | Full Review…
It's a beautifully shot and directed film that openly wears its heart on its sleeve as an ode to one of the last surviving bastions of free information and public space - the public library.
Rachael Mead
Leaving you with something to think about as you leave the cinema, The Public is both entertaining and informative. Aug 11, 2019 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
Leaving you with something to think about as you leave the cinema, The Public is both entertaining and informative.
Matthew Toomey
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