American Son Reviews



  • American Son
    • Genre : Drama
    • Release Date :
    • MPAA Rating : -
    • Duration : 90 minute(s)
    • Production Budget : -
    • Studio : Netflix
    • Official Site : http://www.netflix.com/title/81024100
    • Reviews Rate
      Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.

    • Readers Rate
      N/A

Movie Reviews

  • Christopher Demos-Brown's incendiary play about race and the police gets an awkward, stilted film adaptation; While the appearance of a fourth character adds much-needed momentum and another layer in the discussion about race, it comes too late
    2 of 5 by Glenn Sumi [NOW Toronto ]
  • an intimate, affecting dramatization of a nationwide crisis; any failure to expand into cinema's possibilities is overshadowed by the uniformly strong performances in a four-person cast led by an excellent Kerry Washington
    by John DeFore [The Hollywood Reporter ]
  • a well-intentioned adaptation of the Broadway show about race in America suffers from unconvincing characters and risible dialogue; The whole movie often feels like a 90-minute SNL sketch with zero laughs
    1 of 5 by Peter Bradshaw [The Guardian ]
  • "American Son" has a lot to say that's worth hearing, but the translation to another medium primarily underlines that this one doesn't ideally serve the playwright's message
    by Dennis Harvey [Variety ]

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