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  • 2017
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  • 2017
  • FilmRise
  • 1 h 15 m

Summary Struggling with his older brother’s death, 13-year-old Dayveon (Devin Blackmon) spends the sweltering summer days roaming around his rural Arkansan town. With no parents and few role models, he soon falls in with the local gang. Though his sister’s boyfriend tries to provide stability and comfort as a reluctant father figure, Dayveon bec...

Directed By: Amman Abbasi

Written By: Steven Reneau, Amman Abbasi

  • 2017
  • FilmRise
  • 1 h 15 m
  • 2017
  • FilmRise
  • 1 h 15 m

Dayveon

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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Summary Struggling with his older brother’s death, 13-year-old Dayveon (Devin Blackmon) spends the sweltering summer days roaming around his rural Arkansan town. With no parents and few role models, he soon falls in with the local gang. Though his sister’s boyfriend tries to provide stability and comfort as a reluctant father figure, Dayveon bec...

Directed By: Amman Abbasi

Written By: Steven Reneau, Amman Abbasi

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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69% Positive
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31% Mixed
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90
Sep 14, 2017
Amman Abbasi’s lush and tender here’s-what-life’s-like debut, Dayveon, captures, in scenes of pained beauty, an adolescent wanderlust that Abbasi’s camera just seems to be observing.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 12, 2017
A creeping naturalism inhabits virtually every frame of Dayveon.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW
75
Jan 28, 2017
While the surface glance of the film does feature a standard array of American indie signifiers, it’s worth emphasizing again that Abbasi’s voice is distinct, and is sure to become more sharply defined as his career evolves.
By Kevin Jagernauth FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 6, 2017
A slight but ultimately moving drama.
By Allan Hunter FULL REVIEW
65
Sep 12, 2017
It’s impossible to remain unmoved by the many contrasts Abbasi carefully arranges.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
60
Jan 28, 2017
Intriguing formal noodlings can’t disguise the cliches in the script. Even so, it’s clear that Abbasi has talent and ambition.
By Leslie Felperin FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 12, 2017
The diffuse filmmaking style muffles the story’s power.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Mama Bear Studios, Meridian Entertainment, Muskat Filmed Properties, Rough House Pictures, Salem Street Entertainment, Symbolic Exchange
Release Date Sep 13, 2017
Duration 1 h 15 m
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Awards

Netia Off Camera International Festival of Independent Cinema
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
RiverRun International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 2 Nominations

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