Gun Hill Road
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  • Summary: After three years in prison, Enrique returns home to the Bronx to find the world he knew has changed. His wife, Angela, struggles to hide an emotional affair, and his teenage son, Michael, explores a sexual transformation well beyond Enrique's grasp and understanding. Unable to accept his child, Enrique clings to his masculine ideals while Angela attempts to hold the family together by protecting Michael. Still under the watchful eye of his parole officer, Enrique must become the father he needs to be or, once again, risk losing his family and freedom. Can a father’s fierce love for his family overcome his street-hardened ideas about manhood and end the vicious cycle controlling his life? (Motion Film Group)
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  1. Positive: 3 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 14
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  1. indieWIRE
    Reviewed by: Eric Kohn
    Aug 1, 2011
    83
    Santana was cast prior to making her gender transition and had never acted before. Her personal experience brings such legitimacy that she would probably succeed in the role even if she sucked at line reading. Fortunately, she doesn't.
  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    Sep 15, 2011
    75
    This is the first movie to make me equate coming home from prison with coming home from war.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    Aug 5, 2011
    60
    Without pushing too heavily, Green makes the parallels between Enrique and Michael's situations genuine.
  4. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Abele
    Aug 13, 2011
    60
    The quietly commanding turn by newcomer Santana - whose outward embrace of an already well-internalized transformation leaps off the screen with equal parts joy, melancholia and bravery - is a standout.

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