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  • 2021
  • PG-13
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 2 h 11 m
  • 2021
  • PG-13
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 2 h 11 m

Summary A Journal for Jordan is based on the true story of First Sergeant Charles Monroe King (Jordan), a soldier deployed to Iraq who begins to keep a journal of love and advice for his infant son. Back at home, senior New York Times editor Dana Canedy (Chanté Adams) revisits the story of her unlikely, life-altering relationship with King and h...

Directed By: Denzel Washington

Written By: Virgil Williams, Charles Monroe King, Dana Canedy

  • 2021
  • PG-13
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 2 h 11 m
  • 2021
  • PG-13
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 2 h 11 m

A Journal for Jordan

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 20 Critic Reviews
42
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary A Journal for Jordan is based on the true story of First Sergeant Charles Monroe King (Jordan), a soldier deployed to Iraq who begins to keep a journal of love and advice for his infant son. Back at home, senior New York Times editor Dana Canedy (Chanté Adams) revisits the story of her unlikely, life-altering relationship with King and h...

Directed By: Denzel Washington

Written By: Virgil Williams, Charles Monroe King, Dana Canedy

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 20 Critic Reviews
42
15% Positive
3 Reviews
80% Mixed
16 Reviews
5% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 20 Critic Reviews
42
15% Positive
3 Reviews
80% Mixed
16 Reviews
5% Negative
1 Review

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75
Jan 3, 2022
It wears its heart on its sleeve, unpretentious and sincere as a homemade valentine.
By Nell Minow FULL REVIEW
60
Dec 23, 2021
Denzel Washington directs this adaptation (the screenplay is by Virgil Williams) with care, respect and a deep-seated knowledge of the Black love stories that don’t make it to the big screen nearly enough.
By Lisa Kennedy FULL REVIEW
50
Dec 23, 2021
The picture’s too rosy to feel real. Its elements of posthumous, loving advice and inevitable tragedy make for good bones. But this portrait is too clean, too unquestioning, too accepting, to get to the marrow.
By Michael Ordoña FULL REVIEW
42
Dec 20, 2021
Adapted from a 2008 memoir by former New York Times writer and editor Dana Canedy, it trades in cloying sentimentality and romance, the gooey melodrama done no favors by Washington’s stiff, anonymous direction.
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky FULL REVIEW
40
Jan 23, 2022
Adams is a vivacious screen presence with a twinkle in her eye, and Jordan can’t quite match her, unable to draw out any real inner turmoil in a character who is respectable to a fault.
By Simran Hans FULL REVIEW
40
Jan 20, 2022
A Journal For Jordan is probably better suited to the page than the screen. Despite winning chemistry from Michael 
B. Jordan and Chanté Adams, Denzel Washington’s film etches a romance that rarely delivers substance or surprises.
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15
Dec 16, 2021
Certainly among the worst films of the year considering the reputable talent involved, this inspirational drama stains Washington’s directorial filmography.
By Carlos Aguilar FULL REVIEW

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5.2
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40% Mixed
2 Ratings
40% Negative
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Production Company BRON Studios, Columbia Pictures, Creative Wealth Media Finance, Escape Artists, Mundy Lane Entertainment, Outlier Society, Sony Pictures Releasing
Release Date Dec 25, 2021
Duration 2 h 11 m
Rating PG-13
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Website https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/ajournalforjordan
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Image Awards (NAACP)
• 3 Nominations

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