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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Film ThreatSabina Dana PlasseFilm ThreatSabina Dana PlasseIt is a straightforward narrative of racism where one man’s courage and refusal to give up provides an outlet for success and reform.
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreI’m Charlie Walker has just enough “feel good” and “that’ll show them” elements to get by. But I dare say a better film was hacked out of it, at some point. The evidence of that easy enough to see.
- 60The New York TimesLisa KennedyThe New York TimesLisa KennedyIt’s Charlie’s wife, Ann (Safiya Fredericks), who provides the movie’s voice-over. Her account has a mythmaking undercurrent but is also the film’s deft way of celebrating Black love and family.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleThe movie is so enamored of Walker, and Colter radiates so much charisma and pleasant mischief in the role, that it takes about half the running time to realize that the movie is not delivering on the basics.
- 38TheWrapRobert AbeleTheWrapRobert AbeleIt’s so talky and un-visual that despite it taking place in multiple locations, including the California coastline, it feels like a play barely opened up for the cameras.
- 38RogerEbert.comOdie HendersonRogerEbert.comOdie HendersonNot since Morgan Freeman’s Joe Clark in “Lean on Me” has a real-life person’s ass been kissed more by a movie. At least that movie had superior lips.
- 33The A.V. ClubBrent SimonThe A.V. ClubBrent SimonIt is a bewildering misfire which roundly illustrates the differences between a historically under-told story which arguably should be amplified and a movie that actually does a good job of accomplishing that task.
- 30Screen RantAlexander HarrisonScreen RantAlexander HarrisonThe only real saving grace is the cast, who end up guinea pigs in a test of how difficult it is to overcome underbaked material.