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  1. BruceR.
    May 22, 2004
    5
    Serious in approach but ultimately not fully satisfying. Discontinuity may have been caused by budget problems.
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29 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 13 Critics

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  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Robert K. Elder
    25
    Plagued by continuity problems, ham-fisted storytelling and a problematic voiceover by Da Brat, Civil Brand feels less like a prison movie than a prison sentence.
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  2. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ernest Hardy
    40
    There are also strong flickers here of a film that might have been.
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  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Walter Dawkins
    60
    Film explores the abuses rampant in woman's prisons and the powerlessness of the inmates, while telling the uplifting story of one inmate, Frances (LisaRae).
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