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  • Trailer for Fences
  • Clip: Why Don't You Like Me

Movie Info & Cast

Synopsis

A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.

Cast

  • Denzel Washington
  • Viola Davis
  • Stephen McKinley Henderson
  • Jovan Adepo
  • Russell Hornsby
  • Mykelti Williamson
  • Saniyya Sidney
  • Christopher Mele
  • Leslie Boone
  • Jason Silvis

Atom User Reviews

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Verified Review
#mustseebro
#great
#emotional
#epic
#mustsee
#moving
#powerful
#thoughtprovoking
#blockbuster
#awesome

Best movie I've seen in a decade! Viola Davis is magic.

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Micki B
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Dramatic/emotional film

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Metacritic

88
Dec 26, 2016

Yes, Fences suffers somewhat from the bare-bones transferal of the “action” from stage to screen but the material is so compelling that viewers can easily lose sight of the movie’s “play nature.”

Metacritic review by James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
88
Dec 21, 2016

Denzel Washington directed and stars in Fences, and he has translated every element of August Wilson’s play to the screen: A language that’s naturalistic yet gently poetic, a detailed sense of America at mid-century...drama that turns to melodrama at key points, characterizations that seethe and explode, the touch of the fantastic (or is it the supernatural?) that pervades most of Wilson’s stories.

Metacritic review by Lawrence Toppman
Lawrence Toppman
Charlotte Observer
70
Dec 21, 2016

Fences is old-school Americana that's driven by dynamite performances all around, albeit a bit stuffy in nature.

Matt Donato
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