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Strong central performances make this harrowing chronicle a gripping tale.
Acted with gravity, emotion and a sense of the serious issues involved by stars Lakeith Stanfield, Nnamdi Asomugha and Natalie Paul, Crown Heights deals with the intensely human factors tragic events bring into play — perseverance and despair, love and longing.
The film plays like a human-interest story in which all of the humanity has been gutted in favor of deadening narrative efficiency.