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  • 2009
  • PG-13
  • The Samuel Goldwyn Company
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2009
  • PG-13
  • The Samuel Goldwyn Company
  • 1 h 43 m

Summary Based on true events during the 2000 election, American Violet tells the astonishing story of Dee Roberts, a 24 year-old African American single mother of four young girls living in a small Texas town tow is barely able to make ends meet. While police drag Dee from work in handcuffs, dumping her in the squalor of the women’s county pris...

Directed By: Tim Disney

Written By: Bill Haney

  • 2009
  • PG-13
  • The Samuel Goldwyn Company
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2009
  • PG-13
  • The Samuel Goldwyn Company
  • 1 h 43 m

American Violet

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Summary Based on true events during the 2000 election, American Violet tells the astonishing story of Dee Roberts, a 24 year-old African American single mother of four young girls living in a small Texas town tow is barely able to make ends meet. While police drag Dee from work in handcuffs, dumping her in the squalor of the women’s county pris...

Directed By: Tim Disney

Written By: Bill Haney

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 18 Critic Reviews
56
44% Positive
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50% Mixed
9 Reviews
6% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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44% Positive
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50% Mixed
9 Reviews
6% Negative
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An artlessly powerful performance by newcomer Nicole Behaire anchors American Violet.
By Lisa Schwarzbaum FULL REVIEW
75
American Violet, it's true, is not blazingly original cinema. Tim Disney's direction and the screenplay by Bill Haney are meat and potatoes, making this story clear, direct and righteous.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
70
Dee is an engaging, admirable lead character, and the striking, petite Beharie, in only her second screen role, is a real winner, bringing energy and fortitude to a woman who easily could have joined the ranks of society's victims and losers.
By Todd McCarthy FULL REVIEW
60
The narrative is infused with chilling facts, and the filmmakers know how to build their case, but a drama demands more. We should have been immersed in Dee's wrenching journey, not just sitting it out on the sidelines.
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50
American Violet feels less like life and unreasonably more like the movies.
By Wesley Morris FULL REVIEW
50
A docudrama with a good heart but a heavy hand.
By Melissa Anderson FULL REVIEW
25
Plodding drama.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Uncommon Productions
Release Date Apr 17, 2009
Duration 1 h 43 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline When law is without order.....and justice is far from just.....one woman must take a stand
Website https://www.uncommonproductions.com/american-violet
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Awards

Black Reel Awards
• 6 Nominations
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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