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  • 2019
  • PG-13
  • RYOT Films
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2019
  • PG-13
  • RYOT Films
  • 1 h 34 m

Summary 5B is the inspirational story of everyday heroes who took extraordinary action to comfort, protect and care for the patients of the first AIDS ward unit in the United States. 5B is stirringly told through first-person testimony of the nurses and caregivers who built Ward 5B at San Francisco General Hospital in 1983, their patients, loved...

Directed By: Paul Haggis, Dan Krauss

  • 2019
  • PG-13
  • RYOT Films
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2019
  • PG-13
  • RYOT Films
  • 1 h 34 m

5B

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary 5B is the inspirational story of everyday heroes who took extraordinary action to comfort, protect and care for the patients of the first AIDS ward unit in the United States. 5B is stirringly told through first-person testimony of the nurses and caregivers who built Ward 5B at San Francisco General Hospital in 1983, their patients, loved...

Directed By: Paul Haggis, Dan Krauss

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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90
Jun 13, 2019
The film is a tough, vital lesson in love, valor and compassion.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 13, 2019
This is a tale from the front lines, before the disease had a name, through the early days when no one knew for sure how it was transmitted.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW
70
May 18, 2019
It’s conventional, occasionally maudlin docmaking that nonetheless grips the heart exactly when it needs to.
By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW
63
Jun 13, 2019
5B is ultimately about survival, and the struggle at its center is undeniably a heartbreaking one. Too often, however, the filmmakers get in the way of their own story.
By Pat Padua FULL REVIEW
63
Jun 13, 2019
Haggis and Krauss’s desire to use the ward as a vehicle to tell a much larger and more complex story makes sense. Yet it ultimately takes away from the truly remarkable story they have to tell, a story that may actually be more complex than matters of government policy and public opinion.
By Mark Feeney FULL REVIEW
60
May 19, 2019
Despite a nagging tendency to milk sentiment from wrenching subject matter that requires no manipulation, the film is notable for its admirably inclusive perspective.
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Hwy61, Saville Productions, f/8 Filmworks
Release Date Jun 14, 2019
Duration 1 h 34 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline When people were consumed by fear, a few heroes showed the world the power of human touch.
Website https://www.facebook.com/5bfilm/
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Awards

Cannes Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
American Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics
• 1 Nomination

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