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  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Monument Releasing
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Monument Releasing
  • 1 h 31 m

Summary Based on a real family, Flesh and Blood blurs the line between narrative and documentary, with characters played by their real-life counterparts. Writer and director Mark Webber stars as a man who has just been released from prison and returns home to his impoverished neighborhood in Philadelphia. Mark attempts to rebuild his life and re...

Directed By: Mark Webber

Written By: Mark Webber

  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Monument Releasing
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Monument Releasing
  • 1 h 31 m

Flesh and Blood

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary Based on a real family, Flesh and Blood blurs the line between narrative and documentary, with characters played by their real-life counterparts. Writer and director Mark Webber stars as a man who has just been released from prison and returns home to his impoverished neighborhood in Philadelphia. Mark attempts to rebuild his life and re...

Directed By: Mark Webber

Written By: Mark Webber

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Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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40% Mixed
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80
Oct 26, 2017
Rather than a plot-driven narrative, it’s a collection of keenly observed scenes, and the lack of hyped-up drama, intrigue or sentimentality is one of the strengths of the low-key but visually expressive movie.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
70
Oct 26, 2017
The movie bleeds honesty, though its individual components are more memorable than how they’re assembled.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
63
Nov 6, 2017
Mark Webber's stripped-down approach renders the messy, unglamorous lives at the film's center with dignity.
By Keith Watson FULL REVIEW
60
Oct 26, 2017
If, in the final analysis, this is an experiment that doesn’t quite gel, it’s still one that will be worth the risk taken for adventurous viewers.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
40
Nov 9, 2017
A dreary pileup of hard-luck monologues and run-down locations, Mark Webber’s Flesh and Blood straddles the line between fact and fiction with exhausting earnestness and a fatal dearth of narrative.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Poor Rich Kids
Release Date Oct 27, 2017
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.fleshandblood.film/
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Awards

Americana Film Fest
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Indie Memphis Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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