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  • 1999
  • R
  • Warner Bros.
  • 2 h 7 m
  • 1999
  • R
  • Warner Bros.
  • 2 h 7 m

Summary In this third installment of Barry Levinson's Baltimore trilogy, the youngest son of a middle-class Jewish family pushes the accepted social boundaries of the day by dressing as Hitler for Halloween and pursuing a romantic friendship with a black classmate, as his brother pursues a girl from the other side of the tracks, and his father m...

  • 1999
  • R
  • Warner Bros.
  • 2 h 7 m
  • 1999
  • R
  • Warner Bros.
  • 2 h 7 m

Liberty Heights

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 31 Critic Reviews
75
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 20 User Ratings
8.2
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Summary In this third installment of Barry Levinson's Baltimore trilogy, the youngest son of a middle-class Jewish family pushes the accepted social boundaries of the day by dressing as Hitler for Halloween and pursuing a romantic friendship with a black classmate, as his brother pursues a girl from the other side of the tracks, and his father m...

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 31 Critic Reviews
75
81% Positive
25 Reviews
19% Mixed
6 Reviews
0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 31 Critic Reviews
75
81% Positive
25 Reviews
19% Mixed
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100
Levinson is so skillful at developing personalities, even among the story's would-be villains, that by the halfway point of the movie, every gesture and expression has unexpected depth and texture. The performances are across-the-board superb.
By Jack Mathews FULL REVIEW
90
A languorous, funny and lovingly detailed memory film.
By David Ansen FULL REVIEW
85
A uniquely personal, vibrant mosaic of the American dream, and like a dream, it evaporates beautifully before our eyes.
By Kevin Maynard FULL REVIEW
75
As good as the film is in so many ways, it also altogether rings a bit false and contrived.
By William Arnold FULL REVIEW
75
Filmed in a quietly impressionistic style and splendidly acted by a well-chosen cast, the movie would be a top-of-the-line entertainment if its delicately balanced perspective weren't marred by a few moments of racially insensitive excess.
By David Sterritt FULL REVIEW
60
Far from perfect, and at 122 minutes it's way too long, but after surviving an overly schematic and even hectoring first half, finally delivers the emotional goods.
By Peter Brunette FULL REVIEW
40
Told from too many perspectives, the narrative puts suspense above substance, and its social consciousness seems contrived.
By Lisa Alspector FULL REVIEW

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Universal Acclaim Based on 20 User Ratings
8.2
80% Positive
16 Ratings
10% Mixed
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10% Negative
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Universal Acclaim Based on 20 User Ratings
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10% Mixed
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10% Negative
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Production Company Baltimore Pictures, Spring Creek Productions
Release Date Nov 17, 1999
Duration 2 h 7 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline You're only young once, but you remember forever.
Website http://www.liberty-heights.com/
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Awards

American Cinema Foundation, USA
• 1 Nomination
Black Reel Awards
• 1 Nomination

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