Here are review links for this film submitted by our members:
- Frederic & Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: An emotionally rich drama that explores the moral and ethical impact of the death penalty on those required to enforce it.
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: In a chilling scene, [Woodward] recites execution day steps to Anthony like an automaton, her voice rising like a customer service rep making a sales pitch whenever he is allowed to choose an option.
- Herman Dhaliwal @ Cinema Sanctum
- Excerpt: Anchored by a brilliant Alfre Woodard performance, Clemency is a hard hitting character study that touches on complex themes in an effective way.
- Candice Frederick @ The Wrap
- Jared Mobarak @ JaredMobarak.com
- Excerpt: This isn’t a film for everyone because many can’t have sympathy for people who choose to work [on] death row. [But that] shouldn’t negate the human story Chukwu created.
- [New] | Frank Ochieng @ Flick Feast
- Excerpt: Chukwu creatively establishes a totally distinctive brand of somber female empowerment in a penetrating character study of professional disconnect and consciousness…aided by Woodard’s profoundly convincing performance –
- Bev Questad @ It’s Just Movies
- Excerpt: A strong, seasoned, ensemble cast inhabit the story by a deeply brilliant writer, Chinonye Chukwu, a Nigerian-born, Alaskan-raised screenwriter, producer, and director.
- Ron Wilkinson @ itsjustmovies.com
- Excerpt: Alfre Woodard shoulders the load of the acting so well that it is impossible to distinguish her performance from the real life of the beleaguered executioner.
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