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George Washington
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Universal acclaim
Based on 18 critic reviews
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Based on 7 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama
Written by: David Gordon Green
Directed by: David Gordon Green
Release Date:
Theatrical: October 27, 2000
DVD: March 12, 2002
Running Time: 89 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: Not Rated
Starring Candace Evanofski, Donald Holden, Curtis Cotton III, and Damian Lee
Set in the landscape of a rural Southern town, George Washington is a stunning portrait of how a group of young kids come to grips with a hard world of choices and consequences. During an innocent game in an abandoned amusement park, a member of the group dies. (Cowboy Booking International)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
Like Malick's "Days of Heaven," it is not about plot, but about memory and regret. It remembers a summer that was not a happy summer, but there will never again be a summer so intensely felt, so alive, so valuable.
Read Full Review >Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Green tells the tale through leisurely, eye-catching shots that allow the young cast members to imbue their characters with striking credibility and intensity.
Read Full Review >The New York Times A.O. Scott
This dream of a movie is set in such a place; with its delicate shifts of tone, it could be a fairy tale by Faulkner
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Green has created a work of startling originality that will haunt you for a good, long time.
Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
Director David Gordon Green has made a work of uncommon beauty and intelligence, one that is smart enough to trust its characters and the technical contributions of its crew.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
A picture about America with the blinders off, a film about heroism that makes you chuckle and feel sad - and a film about childhood that lets us reenter that lost world and see the grass, sky and sunlight the way they once looked, in the golden hours.
Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
A peculiar combination of willful meandering and matter of fact violence, and it occasionally confounds in its attempts to exalt.
Read Full Review >Time Richard Corliss
It stands, soars on its own. It moves to a seductive rhythm and vision.
New York Post Lou Lumenick
For those willing to work a bit at it, this is the sort of artistry many American independent movies aspire to - but rarely achieve.
Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
Although rough, it's a gem.
New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
None of the children are professionals, and their uncontrived performances lend a painfully real quality to what becomes a rather lyrical story.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold
A first-rate student film, but not much more.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
Hardly perfect or fully successful, but it's strange and strangely beautiful -- a unique work of art.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
Has memorable characters and images. Yet the story is elusive and occasionally puzzling, and some of the ideas are amorphous and self-conscious.
Read Full Review >Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman
He (writer/director David Gordon Green) fired his arrow straight at a worthwhile target, but it fell a little short.
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.4 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Matt O. gave it a6:
Well done,but definitely overrated. I find DGG's movie have great characters in plots that are threadbare.
Michael F. gave it a 9:
It's a very good film that isn't about the plot, this is the only time when I totally agree w/ Ebert, "it is not about plot, but about memory and regret. It remembers a summer that was not a happy summer..." Great acting, brilliant directing, dryly funny at times.
Chad S. gave it a 10:
I cried at a Waikiki theater and I cried again in front of my Trinitron Vega. "George Washington" is a work of genius. If you don't think so, you don't love movies. This film doesn't have a lot of heart, it is a heart. These amateur actors are inexplicably compelling. They can't act a lick and yet they're more memorable than any ensemble in recent memory. After seeing "George Washington", you will have a hard time stomaching all the artifice Hollywood, and other independent filmmakers throw up on the screen. David Gordon Green and his dp achieve perfection. This is not an art film. It's art.
