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Monsters and Men

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When young father Manny witnesses the police shooting of an unarmed black man, the tight-knit community of Bed-Stuy is pushed to the brink in Reinaldo Marcus Green’s Sundance Award-winning portrait of race, family and consequence.
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Guardian
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January 17, 2019

There is humanity and complexity in this welcome movie, as well as muscular power and unreconciled anger.
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Scotsman
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January 17, 2019

Though the triptych structure makes the overall film feel a little uneven, the main characters' respective introspection feels truthful...
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Entertainment Weekly
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September 28, 2018

Green illuminates his characters with care and subtlety, allowing them to live inside shades of grey that a black-and-white world rarely allows.
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Empire Magazine
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January 17, 2019

Both cinematic and literary, this is mature, textured work. Gently prodding at you rather than grabbing you by the throat, it is intentionally unexplosive, but lights a fire nevertheless.
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AV Club
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September 28, 2018

Green's graceful direction and keen ear for dialogue certainly make him a new filmmaker to watch, and it'll be fascinating to see what he does with a more focused narrative.
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Little White Lies
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January 18, 2019

It starts an important discussion but doesn't dig deep enough.
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NPR
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October 11, 2018

A lesser movie might weave these threads into a narrative that exploits real-world parallels - viral social media, athletes who take a knee, cops who close ranks. "Monsters And Men" doesn't pander or dismiss.
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Daily Mail (UK)
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January 17, 2019

Green hammers the audience with his message, instead of letting us find it ourselves. Nevertheless, this is a watchable and relevant film.
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Rolling Stone
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September 28, 2018

John David Washington is at his forceful best in this racially-charged drama from debuting filmmaker Reinaldo Marcus Green that uses the perspective of three persons of color to examine the shooting of an unarmed black man by a white cop,
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Independent (UK)
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January 17, 2019

It is very well acted and deals with familiar material in a subtle and sensitive fashion.
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Detroit News
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October 04, 2018

The film seems so freshly ripped from today's headlines that it feels like there's still more of the story to be told, which in a sense, there is.
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NPR
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September 27, 2018

Monsters and Men offers neither unalloyed despair nor implausible hope. It's about the way people of color live now, moving through the streets with passion, purpose and one eye on the rear-view mirror.
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