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8.4 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 5 Ratings

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  1. MarcD.
    Apr 3, 2001
    8
    Barry Levinson uncorks another great one here. He deals with race relations in a very even-handed, sensitive way which is rare for a period piece, in my opinion.
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  2. RyanM.
    Jul 11, 2001
    10
    Great re-creation of a time when predjudice was so strong that people didn't talk to each other. Extremely powerful and touching. It goes a little off the tracks at the end. But it turns out to be a good thing.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critics

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  1. Positive: 25 out of 31
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  1. 88
    Emerges as an accurate memory of that time when the American melting pot, splendid as a theory, became a reality.
  2. Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    70
    Levinson brings it all back home to Baltimore and delivers his funniest and most heartfelt film since "Diner."
  3. Reviewed by: Richard Schickel
    90
    Seems to encompass all the humor, sadness and weirdness of ordinary life in an utterly winning, morally acute way.