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73 out of 100

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9.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 32 Ratings

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  • Summary: Tre Styles (Gooding Jr.), is a teen caught between the steady, forceful guidance of his father, Furious (Fishburne) and the inescapable violence of his South Central Los Angeles neighborhood.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    Has maturity and emotional depth: There are no cheap shots, nothing is thrown in for effect, realism is placed ahead of easy dramatic payoffs, and the audience grows deeply involved.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    100
    Flows in a way that seems effortless, following its own path, arriving at its own place. Only after the movie is over are the outlines of its story apparent. I found it impossible to outguess it. [12 July 1991]
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  3. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    60
    Singleton shows some genuine talent in handling character and action, and equal amounts of confusion and attitude when it comes to matters of gender and ghetto politics.

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  1. SusanC.
    10
    Very realistic to what goes on in other areas of real peoples lives that people take for grated and do not believe things like this really existent. "but it does" Very positive message!!!! Great film!!!… Expand
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  2. EdR.
    10
    A great movie. One question though: is South Central LA still like this? I remember in Michael Moore's film "Bowling for Columbine" how he and another white man (a professor I think) basically pour scorn on the idea that Compton is some kind of war zone. I wonder what a modern day African American kid would say?… Expand
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  3. ohsnapkid
    10
    Devastatingly realistic, but handled deftly. The characters aren't just devices used to propel some preachy, self-righteous message: they elicit true emotions in the viewer and provide faces to what a lot of people had ignored.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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