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  • 2018
  • R
  • Neon
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2018
  • R
  • Neon
  • 1 h 36 m

Summary One night, in front of a bodega in Brooklyn’s Bed–Stuy neighborhood, Manny Ortega witnesses a white police officer wrongfully gun down a neighborhood street hustler, and Manny films the incident on his phone. Now he’s faced with a dilemma: release the video and bring unwanted exposure to himself and his family, or keep the video private ...

Directed By: Reinaldo Marcus Green

Written By: Reinaldo Marcus Green

  • 2018
  • R
  • Neon
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2018
  • R
  • Neon
  • 1 h 36 m

Monsters and Men

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 24 Critic Reviews
67
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 11 User Ratings
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Summary One night, in front of a bodega in Brooklyn’s Bed–Stuy neighborhood, Manny Ortega witnesses a white police officer wrongfully gun down a neighborhood street hustler, and Manny films the incident on his phone. Now he’s faced with a dilemma: release the video and bring unwanted exposure to himself and his family, or keep the video private ...

Directed By: Reinaldo Marcus Green

Written By: Reinaldo Marcus Green

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 24 Critic Reviews
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63% Positive
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38% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 24 Critic Reviews
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63% Positive
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38% Mixed
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90
Monsters and Men is a robust ensemble piece in which every performer finds subtle shadings in characters fully embedded in a realistic milieu. It's a smart, urgently relevant movie that marks an impressive upgrade from his acclaimed short films for writer-director Green.
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW
80
Though all three sections of the film have didactic bits when big ideas are plainly stated, the bulk of Monsters and Men renders huge issues with a fluid understatement. But that disarming pensiveness and interiority doesn’t forget the anger and sadness of the story—instead, it somehow heightens it, affording these characters a grounded texture that casts their struggles in a piercingly humane light.
By Richard Lawson FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 28, 2018
Green’s graceful direction and keen ear for dialogue certainly make him a new filmmaker to watch, and it’ll be fascinating to see what he does with a more focused narrative.
By Joshua Alston FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 27, 2018
Turning black-white conflict into a laudably complex wash of gray, Mr. Green (inspired in part by a conversation he had with a police officer about the 2014 death of Eric Garner) favors reason over outrage. The political heat rises but the movie stays cool, its smooth, smart climax in keeping with its levelheaded tone.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 27, 2023
It starts an important discussion but doesn’t dig deep enough.
By Katherine McLaughlin FULL REVIEW
58
Sep 14, 2018
The film doesn’t supply easy answers and also has its characters making some unsurprising choices in ways that let us know how much it will haunt them. Even with this sense of complexity, however, Monsters and Men still can’t stop itself from dipping too far into hyperbolic moments made more powerful by artifice than they ultimately prove.
By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW
50
Mixing “gritty” handheld camerawork with an almost zen-like kind of restraint, Green’s approach is frustratingly thin on the kind of specifics that make for rich drama, leaving audiences to fill in the gaps.
By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Department of Motion Pictures, Sight Unseen Pictures, AgX
Release Date Sep 28, 2018
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating R
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Tagline One moment can change everything
Website https://www.monstersandmenfilm.com/home/
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Awards

Imagen Foundation Awards
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
Black Reel Awards
• 3 Nominations
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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