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- 2006
- PG-13
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 45 m
- 2006
- PG-13
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 45 m
Summary Loosely based on the childhoods of Dallas Austin and Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, TLC tells the story of a close knit group of working-class teens in Atlanta whose lives revolve around hip-hop music and roller skating.
Directed By: Chris Robinson
Written By: Tina Gordon, Antwone Fisher
- 2006
- PG-13
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 45 m
- 2006
- PG-13
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 45 m
ATL
63
6.8
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Summary Loosely based on the childhoods of Dallas Austin and Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, TLC tells the story of a close knit group of working-class teens in Atlanta whose lives revolve around hip-hop music and roller skating.
Directed By: Chris Robinson
Written By: Tina Gordon, Antwone Fisher
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
63
64% Positive
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
32% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
63
64% Positive
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
32% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Despite a third-act tendency to gather a few spare genre clichés as it rolls along (Guns! Drugs! Angry siblings!), Robinson's film is a cut above the rest.
The film mostly avoids easy laughs or simplistic characters, reminding you how few black movies claim the huge middle ground between chardonnay-sipping buppies and hardened criminals.
Notwithstanding the melodrama and the often ham-handed directing, ATL somehow works. A large part of this is thanks to Robinson's skill in evoking the hickory-smoked flavor of the ATL.
The more rink time, the better: As directed by hip-hop music-video king Chris Robinson from a story by "Antwone Fisher's" Antwone Fisher, the skate scenes are a blast.
House definitely put a smile on an insider's face, but outsiders can enjoy the ATL too. The only prerequisite here is the ability to laugh.
What starts out as a lively reconsidering of the thug-life mentality ends up having as much depth as, well, one of Robinson's videos.
Director Chris Robinson moves his camera aimlessly, cutting in and out of speeches as if he were just as bored as I.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 User Ratings
6.8
63% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 User Ratings
6.8
63% Positive
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
38% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Awards
Black Movie Awards
• 4 Nominations
Black Reel Awards
• 2 Nominations
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 1 Nomination
