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Critic Score
Metascore: 60 Metascore out of 100
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MPAA RATING: R for drug use

Starring Hill Harper, Obba Babatundé, Rae Dawn Chong, Billy Dee Williams, and Marla Gibbs

A timeless story of one man's search for understanding and redemption. (Urbanworld Films)


GENRE(S): Drama  
WRITTEN BY: Jordan Walker-Pearlman
Kosmond Russell (play)
 
DIRECTED BY: Jordan Walker-Pearlman  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: October 23, 2001 
Video: October 23, 2001 
Theatrical: December 15, 2000 
RUNNING TIME: 123 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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80
Variety Sheri Linden
The top-notch cast never hits a false note.
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80
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
This is a film that stays with you long after the lights have gone up.
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80
LA Weekly Paul Malcolm
Performances that are natural yet weighted with history and frequently heart-wrenching.
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75
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
The movie doesn't crank up the volume with violence and jailhouse cliches, but focuses on this person and his possibilities for change.
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75
Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea
A spare and moving study of regret and redemption, marked with chilling truths about a life behind bars.
75
New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
The actors seem exhilarated.
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75
Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
This very earnestly American prison gives off an unusually mellow European air.
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70
The New York Times Dana Stevens
Shows so much intelligence and compassion that its tendency sometimes to overreach or underdramatize can surely be forgiven.
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63
New York Post V.A. Musetto
Marred by sappy fantasy sequences and a sentimental finale that's out of step with most of the rest of the movie.
60
Washington Post Teresa Wiltz
In its quiet way, The Visit is a testament to the tenacity of the family, particularly the African American family.
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50
Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
The film's touches of unconventional style interfere with its emotional effectiveness at times.
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50
Village Voice Mark Holcomb
The last scenes contain so many moral and spiritual turnarounds that Alex (Harper) -- and the film -- are all but buried in the uplift. Harper, in a fierce, nuanced performance, deserves better.
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50
Chicago Tribune John Petrakis
The very strong performances in this low-budget film deserve a better narrative structure to strut their stuff.
48
Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard
Sentenced its audience to a maudlin death.
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40
TV Guide Ken Fox
The result is so overloaded with extra characters, tangled story lines, dance numbers, fantasies and flashbacks that the once-simple plot feels puffed-up and irritatingly self-important.
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40
Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan
Unfortunately, the actors seem overqualified for their parts, delivering earnest monologues that come across as clumsy transplants from the proscenium stage.
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