Reviews for this film from our members:
- Marco Albanese @ Stanze di Cinema [Italian]
- Excerpt: Tanto rumore per nulla? Vincitore di entrambi i premi principali al Sundance, acquistato da Weinstein ed arrivato a Cannes sull’onda delle lodi della stampa americana, questo Fruitvale Station è il classico film indie americano a basso costo. Con tutti i suoi limiti di messa in scena ed i punti di forza nelle interpretazioni di un cast ispiratissimo e credibile.
- Jason Bailey @ The Atlantic
- Excerpt: Coogler’s unwillingness to cast Grant as a martyr and instead paint the portrait of a troubled, sometimes “bad” guy, makes ‘Fruitvale Station’ special–and challenging as drama and as commentary
- Luke Bonanno @ DVDizzy.com
- Excerpt: Fruitvale Station is a powerful drama whose day in the life presentation evokes in unusual ways. It’s an attention-grabbing effort that holds much promise for first-time writer/director Ryan Coogler.
- Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
- Excerpt: An utterly moving and rich slice-of-life fable.
- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ SpiritualityandPractice.com
- Excerpt: The compelling true story of a 22-year-old African-American whose effort to turn his life around was cut short by the unnecessary violence of a trigger-happy policeman.
- Bill Clark @ FromTheBalcony
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: …an emotionally devastating feature film debut…Yet for all its mastery of foreshadowing amidst the minutiae of daily life, Coogler and Jordan have sanctified their protagonist just a bit too much to make the film truly great.
- Mark Dujsik @ Mark Reviews Movies
- Excerpt: Where it could have been angry … the film is instead clinical…
- Candice Frederick @ Reel Talk
- Susan Granger @ www.susngranger.com
- Excerpt: Compelling and exasperating…
- [New – 3/13/14] | Dan Jardine @ Cinemania
- Excerpt: A fine debut by director Coogler
- Jeremy Kibler @ The Artful Critic
- Excerpt: Fruitvale Station not only serves as a blood-boiling conversation starter but a vital, unforgettable picture of our time and an authentic, empathetic account of the fragility of life.
- Benjamin Kramer @ The Voracious Filmgoer
- Piers Marchant @ Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
- Ryan McNeil @ The Matinee
- Excerpt: One of 2013’s most powerful films is a prayer for patience and redemption, and a painful reminder of how rare those virtues are.
- Simon Miraudo @ Quickflix
- John Nesbit @ Old School Reviews
- Excerpt: does somthing far more radical–it humanizes the protagonist
- R. Kurt Osenlund @ SouthPhillyReview.com
- Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Jerry Roberts @ Armchair Cinema
- Excerpt: 24 hours of one life, told in one extraordinary film.
- Cole Smithey @ ColeSmithey.com
- Excerpt: Writer/director Ryan Coogler’s efforts to draw attention to the little known murder by providing a backstory narrative about its victim has mixed results. Docudrama melds with melodrama.
- Josh Spiegel @ Sound on Sight
- Excerpt: Fruitvale Station is a series of vignettes searching in vain for connective tissue.
- Frank Swietek @ One Guys Opinion
- Excerpt: A viscerally wrenching experience.
- Bill Weber @ Slant
- Andrew Wyatt @ Look/Listen (St. Louis Magazine)
- Excerpt: A lesser film might have relied on crude sinner-saint dichotomies to create an illusion of complexity, but Fruitvale Station delves deeper.
