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- 2013
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- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 48 m
- 2013
- R
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 48 m
Summary After their mothers are taken away by the authorities, two inner city youths are left to fend for themselves over the summer.
Directed By: George Tillman Jr.
Written By: Michael Starrbury
- 2013
- R
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 48 m
- 2013
- R
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 48 m
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete
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Summary After their mothers are taken away by the authorities, two inner city youths are left to fend for themselves over the summer.
Directed By: George Tillman Jr.
Written By: Michael Starrbury
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
61
56% Positive
9 Reviews
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44% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Though it boasts an eye-catching roster of supporting performances — Jennifer Hudson, Jordin Sparks, Jeffrey Wright, Anthony Mackie — most of the running time is spent with Mister (Skylan Brooks) and Pete (Ethan Dizon), and both child actors hold your attention impressively.
[Mr.Tillman] does lovely work here, particularly with the actors, even if his insistent ebullience can feel like a sales pitch.
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Generally Favorable
Based on 10 User Ratings
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80% Positive
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The Inevitable Defeat Of Mister & Pete is a raw, often moving coming-of-age story.
A rough and rough around the edges tale of children growing up on the mean streets of the wrong side of Brooklyn. It’s a coming of age story of a self-absorbed, downtrodden punk with a dream who learns about the love that comes with responsibility.
Like its title, Inevitable Defeat is simultaneously gritty and overstuffed, feeling more like the product of first-time screenwriter Michael Starrbury than veteran director George Tillman Jr., though that’s not always for the worse.
A wonderful document of inner-city oppression and two young actors' beginning steps, The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete struggles to establish a cohesive center, and ultimately fumbles any tension on the path toward its title's possible fate.
The real defeat in this ambling fairy tale of hardship, abandonment and resilience is that two potentially winning central characters -- and the tender young actors who play them -- are let down by a programmed screenplay that’s short on narrative muscle.
Production Company
iDeal Partners Film Fund,
State Street Pictures,
Floren Shieh Productions,
Acquire Entertainment Group,
Archer Gray,
Unified Pictures,
Venture Forth
Release Date Oct 11, 2013
Duration 1 h 48 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Only the strong Rise Above.
Awards
Black Reel Awards
• 3 Nominations
Acapulco Black Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
Humanitas Prize
• 1 Nomination
