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- 2007
- PG-13
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 36 m
- 2007
- PG-13
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 36 m
Summary This story chronicles the lives and loves of an African-American family in the deep south as they are forced to come to terms with a tumultuous past marked by an unrequited interracial affair. (Freestyle Releasing)
Directed By: Jordan Walker-Pearlman
Written By: Jordan Walker-Pearlman
- 2007
- PG-13
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 36 m
- 2007
- PG-13
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 36 m
Constellation
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Summary This story chronicles the lives and loves of an African-American family in the deep south as they are forced to come to terms with a tumultuous past marked by an unrequited interracial affair. (Freestyle Releasing)
Directed By: Jordan Walker-Pearlman
Written By: Jordan Walker-Pearlman
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
41
0% Positive
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0 Reviews
90% Mixed
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9 Reviews
10% Negative
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1 Review
The central story, in which Helms has to make up his mind whether to attend his sister's funeral, is too limited a conflict to hang a movie on. Ultimately, audiences will have to satisfy themselves with the collective presence of these actors and the movie's obviously good-hearted intentions.
Deeply odd films are often deeply personal ones, and Constellation, a dazed, inchoate drama about a mixed-race Alabama family, tells a story that's clearly close to the heart of writer-director Jordan Walker-Pearlman.
There are effective scenes and powerful performances scattered among long sequences in which various members of the family gaze into space as they contemplate the burden of the past, walk aimlessly through Atlanta or have odd encounters with strangers.
Only Williams makes any real emotional connection: I'm not sure I'd call his performance good, but there's something fascinating about seeing the man once heralded as "the black Clark Gable" three decades removed from heartthrob status, heavy and sullen-looking, weighed down by the burdens of time and age.
If earnestness equaled skill, Constellation would be a classic.
Heavy-handedness prevails, with the schmaltzy original score as unconvincing as the script. An over-reliance on song, from pop to Puccini to Ellington to hip-hop, doesn't compensate for what's lacking in the storytelling.
Williams appears to be having trouble keeping his eyes open, and the audience will, too.
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Production Company
Constellation LLC,
DaWa Movies,
Encounter Studios
Release Date Feb 2, 2007
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline Reach for love and you will find yourself among the stars
Awards
Urbanworld Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Black Reel Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Roxbury International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
