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  • 2017
  • R
  • Paladin
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2017
  • R
  • Paladin
  • 1 h 37 m

Summary After serving eight years in prison, reformed gang leader S. Lance Ingram (Daniel Beaty) re-enters society and struggles to adapt to a changed Harlem. Living under the tough supervision of a parole officer in a halfway house, he is unable to find a job that will let him use the technological skills he gained in prison. Lance is forced to...

Directed By: Jamal Joseph

Written By: Daniel Beaty, Jamal Joseph

  • 2017
  • R
  • Paladin
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2017
  • R
  • Paladin
  • 1 h 37 m

Chapter & Verse

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary After serving eight years in prison, reformed gang leader S. Lance Ingram (Daniel Beaty) re-enters society and struggles to adapt to a changed Harlem. Living under the tough supervision of a parole officer in a halfway house, he is unable to find a job that will let him use the technological skills he gained in prison. Lance is forced to...

Directed By: Jamal Joseph

Written By: Daniel Beaty, Jamal Joseph

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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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80
Feb 9, 2017
Filmmaker and Columbia professor Joseph, and playwright Beaty, in his feature writing and acting debut, infuse the movie with an intense New York City realism and an evocative street poetry that conjure up early John Cassavetes and Spike Lee.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 5, 2017
The film handles its admittedly familiar themes in uncommonly sensitive fashion.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 2, 2017
The movie’s wide-screen framing, ruthless plot reversals and say-what-you-mean writing sometimes recall a master of socially conscious cinema from another era, Sam Fuller. But this is a picture with its own strong voice.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 10, 2017
Despite its familiarity, Chapter & Verse manages to make its material both fresh and authentic.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 7, 2017
The story, scripted by Beaty and poet/author-turned-filmmaker Jamal Joseph (who himself did five-and-a-half years in Leavenworth) dips into sloppy, melodramatic heavy-handedness, sullying the occasional spurts of fresh perspective.
By Craig D. Lindsey FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 2, 2017
The conventions of the “fresh out of prison” drama are long-established. But they’re recycled, to good effect, in Chapter & Verse, a well-acted genre picture that suffers only from a chronic inability to surprise.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

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Production Company The Bubble Factory, Harlem Film Company
Release Date Feb 3, 2017
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating R
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Tagline A Harlem Story
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