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  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 28 m

Summary A love story of bikes and one-night stands told through two African-American twenty-something's dealing with issues of class, identity, and the evolving conundrum of being a minority in rapidly gentrifying San Francisco-a city with the smallest proportional black population of any other major American city. [IFC Films]

Directed By: Barry Jenkins

Written By: Barry Jenkins

  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 28 m

Medicine for Melancholy

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
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Summary A love story of bikes and one-night stands told through two African-American twenty-something's dealing with issues of class, identity, and the evolving conundrum of being a minority in rapidly gentrifying San Francisco-a city with the smallest proportional black population of any other major American city. [IFC Films]

Directed By: Barry Jenkins

Written By: Barry Jenkins

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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57% Positive
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43% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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43% Mixed
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0% Negative
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There are no simple answers or obvious conclusions to be gleaned from this movie, which, like its soundtrack, is both sad and vibrant, meandering and formally sure-footed. It is an exciting debut, and a film that, without exaggeration or false modesty, finds interest and feeling in the world just as it is.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW
75
Under the subdued, dignified surface, this movie - about the 24 hours after a one-night stand - churns with a filmmaker's fascination and wonder, sadness and longing.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW
75
Medicine For Melancholy offers a personal spin on the "walking around a city" genre.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
63
Medicine for Melancholy is one of those feature debuts that equally hints at the filmmaker’s influences and the idiosyncratic direction they will eventually head on their own.
By Josh Larsen FULL REVIEW
50
Yet it's pretty in all the wrong ways: pretty slight, pretty preachy and pretty affected.
By Michael Sragow FULL REVIEW
50
The film does not lack for ambition both in terms of its themes and artistic design. Consequently, his (Jenkins) feature debut, while not flashy, shows promise. Clearly, here is a young filmmaker who wants to tell stories rather than deliver shocks and sensation.
By Kirk Honeycutt FULL REVIEW
40
Cenac is witty and Heggins has a wary stillness, but the movie itself seems too shy to let them really engage each other.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW

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6.3
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10% Mixed
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Production Company Strike Anywhere, Bandry
Release Date Jun 20, 2008
Duration 1 h 28 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline A night they barely remember becomes a day they'll never forget.
Website http://www.medicineformelancholy.com/
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Awards

Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 3 Nominations
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sarasota Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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