Rocks

Name: Rocks
Genre: Drama
Released: February 1, 2021
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 95
Cast: Afi Okaidja, Anastasia Dymitrow, Bukky Bakray, D'angelou Osei Kissiedu, Kosar Ali

2021

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): February 1, 2021 | TV-MA

Starring: Afi Okaidja, Anastasia Dymitrow, Bukky Bakray, D'angelou Osei Kissiedu, Kosar Ali, Layo-Christina Akinlude, Ruby Stokes, Sarah Niles, Shaneigha-Monik Greyson, Tawheda Begum

Summary: A teenage girl suddenly finds herself struggling to take care of herself and her younger brother.

Director: Sarah Gavron

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: TV-MA

Runtime: 93 min

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100

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Oct 1, 2020

This film is such a rush of vitality. It rocks. Read full review

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Phil de Semlyen

Oct 1, 2020

The result is a gritty but giddying human drama that plays like a glorious mix of ‘Precious’, ‘Girlhood’ and ‘The 400 Blows’ – a huge-hearted coming-of-age story that serves as an inadvertent throwback to the easygoing buzz of hanging out with your friends in the city you call home. Read full review

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Kate Taylor

Sep 10, 2019

With exuberant naturalism from its non-professional actors, and a standout performance from Kosar Ali as Rocks’s best friend, the film covers the highs and lows of female adolescence with compelling sensitivity. Read full review

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The Telegraph Robbie Collin

Oct 1, 2020

Rocks would rather reckon with – and in the end, celebrate – youthful potential itself, and its extraordinary ability to flower in even the most unpromising soil. Read full review

Wendy Ide

Oct 1, 2020

Perhaps the most impressive element is the way that the picture so deftly juggles its tonal shifts. Rocks is as mercurial and complex as any moody teenager can be, veering from hilarity to misery and back again in seconds. Read full review

Carlos Aguilar

Feb 1, 2021

Heartfelt but not cloying, Rocks is a radiant must-see. Read full review

Hanna B.

Oct 1, 2020

Rocks’ moments of brutal realism depicting the seriousness of its protagonist’s real-life drama will hit you hard or make you wonder why life is so unfair. Read full review

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elchicogamer16

Feb 1, 2021

MAGNIFICO, UNA GRAN PELICULA. me encanto de principio a fin la verdad es muuuuuy buena y con ungran desarrollo y Trama

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Richard552

Aug 10, 2022

she's forced into improvising ways to keep her now-smaller family together, routinely forcing her into making questionable survival decisions. $1 to buy a Netflix account, Google search: vtvshare

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Brent_Marchant

Apr 4, 2021

When the single mother of a Nigerian immigrant family unexpectedly abandons her children in an effort to get her head together, her teenage daughter is left to provide for herself and her young brother. Instead of being able to indulge in typical carefree teenage activities, she's forcedWhen the single mother of a Nigerian immigrant family unexpectedly abandons her children in an effort to get her head together, her teenage daughter is left to provide for herself and her young brother. Instead of being able to indulge in typical carefree teenage activities, she's forced into improvising ways to keep her now-smaller family together, routinely forcing her into making questionable survival decisions. While the film definitely shines in its second half, it takes too long to find its way, becoming bogged down in far too many ancillary story threads and focusing too much on secondary characters, drawing attention away from the principal (and far more important) narrative. This is made up for somewhat by the fine performances of the stellar ensemble cast (especially lead Bukky Bakray), as well as the natural feel of the interactions among the characters. It's unfortunate, however, that the picture's opening half doesn't rise to the level of what follows, an alteration that truly would have made this offering worthy of its seven BAFTA nominations.… Expand

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