Valentine Road

Valentine Road

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Movie Info

In 2008, an eighth-grade boy named Brandon McInerney shot and killed an effeminate classmate who may have had a crush on him.

Genre:

documentary, gay and lesbian
Original Language:

English
Director:

Marta Cunningham
Producer:

Sasha Alpert, Eddie Schmidt, Marta Cunningham
Release Date (Streaming):

Nov 30, 2016
Runtime:

1h 29m
Production Co:

Bunim/Murray Productions (BMP)

Cast & Crew

Marta Cunningham
Director

Sasha Alpert
Producer

Eddie Schmidt
Producer

Marta Cunningham
Producer

Jonathan Murray
Executive Producer

Gil Goldschein
Executive Producer

Critic Reviews for Valentine Road

Haunting, heartfelt and even-handed, Valentine Road should be required viewing in teaching tolerance on middle-school and high-school campuses.

October 8, 2013 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…

Claudia Puig
USA Today
Valentine Road does an impressive job of making a 2008 shooting at a junior high school in Oxnard, Calif., horrifying and disheartening all over again.

October 8, 2013 | Full Review…

Neil Genzlinger
New York Times
For viewers, Brandon's action feels tragic and inexcusable. The hard part is how to respond to it, and Valentine Road, like much of "the system," doesn't suggest any easy answer.

October 7, 2013 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

David Hinckley
New York Daily News
Moving and infuriating ...

October 3, 2013 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Gary Goldstein
Los Angeles Times
Though the ugly phobia that gave rise to the killing and permeated the legal proceedings boils the blood, the film's tone is somber rather than angry, and its effect is quietly devastating.

January 29, 2013

Rob Nelson
Variety
Plumbs the pathetic depths of intolerance and distorted compassion in one of the supposedly most liberal states in the union. Its panoramic and both-sides approach to a brutal, traumatizing act of retaliatory violence chills and stills the heart.

August 31, 2015 | Full Review…

Brian Gibson
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta)
A deeply thought-provoking documentary.

June 28, 2014 | Full Review…

Richard Knight
Windy City Times
Valentine Road is an engrossing, multifaceted tale of pain and bigotry, as told by a moron.

March 28, 2014 | Rating: 3/10 | Full Review…

Dominic Mill
We Got This Covered
True story of kid's gender exploration that ends in murder.

October 8, 2013 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Joyce Slaton
Common Sense Media
[It] features subjects who voice conflicting concerns, but also resists casting judgment [on another]. That's not to say you [won't] come to your own conclusions or that the film doesn't help in that process, in juxtaposing certain interviews or images.

October 7, 2013 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…

Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters
One of the most powerful films you'll see this year or maybe any year.

September 9, 2013 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…

John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

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