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  • 2017
  • R
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2017
  • R
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 34 m

Summary In the spring of 1980, a teenager is gunned down in the streets of Flatbush, Brooklyn. The police pressure a child witness to identify a suspect. As a result, Colin Warner, an 18-year-old kid from nearby Crown Heights, is wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Colin’s childhood friend Carl 'KC' King devotes his...

Directed By: Matt Ruskin

Written By: Matt Ruskin

  • 2017
  • R
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2017
  • R
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 34 m

Crown Heights

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 25 Critic Reviews
64
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary In the spring of 1980, a teenager is gunned down in the streets of Flatbush, Brooklyn. The police pressure a child witness to identify a suspect. As a result, Colin Warner, an 18-year-old kid from nearby Crown Heights, is wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Colin’s childhood friend Carl 'KC' King devotes his...

Directed By: Matt Ruskin

Written By: Matt Ruskin

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 25 Critic Reviews
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40% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 25 Critic Reviews
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40% Mixed
10 Reviews
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100
Sep 6, 2017
What Warner undergoes in Crown Heights is difficult to watch. Yet in the end, remarkably. there is triumph. And, finally, justice.
By Soren Andersen FULL REVIEW
75
Aug 31, 2017
When the actors get their chances, Crown Heights rises above the routine.
By Michael Phillips FULL REVIEW
70
Aug 17, 2017
Like its protagonist, sensitively and shrewdly played by Lakeith Stanfield, the film is soft-spoken and thoughtful, with sweet, lyrical touches that alleviate some of the grimness without blunting the cruelty and injustice of what happened.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW
67
Aug 14, 2017
As written and directed by Matt Ruskin, the tragic story of Colin Warner doesn’t so much come to life on the screen as it is responsibly recalled in Crown Heights, aided by effective performances and some streamlined storytelling.
By Dan Mecca FULL REVIEW
60
Aug 23, 2017
Most of Crown Heights, which is based on an episode of public radio’s This American Life, suffers from structural confusion.
By Danny King FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 30, 2017
As righteous as it is, Crown Heights fritters away goodwill normally built by intimate, revealing performances, sacrificing clarity for under-explained bulk examples of injustice, and exhausting its sense of outrage in the process.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
42
Jan 27, 2017
Despite the efforts of its cast, Crown Heights is too crammed and hectic to convey the immensity of the systemic evils that run through its ruptured heart.
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
6.5
75% Positive
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13% Mixed
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Production Company Iam21 Entertainment, Washington Square Films, Black Maple Films
Release Date Aug 18, 2017
Duration 1 h 34 m
Rating R
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Tagline How Far Would You Go for Justice?
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Awards

Black Reel Awards
• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations
African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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