Judas and the Black Messiah

  • Rated R
  • 2hr 6m
  •  (114)
  • 85

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Shaka King

Producer:

Shaka King, Ryan Coogler, Charles D. King

Writer:

Shaka King, Will Berson

Release Date:

Feb 12, 2021

Runtime:

2hr 6m

Synopsis

The story of Fred Hampton, Chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party, and his fateful betrayal by FBI informant William O'Neal.

Cast

  • Daniel Kaluuya
  • LaKeith Stanfield
  • Jesse Plemons
  • Dominique Fishback
  • Ashton Sanders
  • Martin Sheen
  • Algee Smith
  • Lil Rel Howery
  • Jermaine Fowler
  • Robert Longstreet

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A beautiful black brother movie

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A must see film for what were going through today

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Metacritic

85
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Based on 49 Critics
7.3

USER SCORE (246)

Generally favorable reviews based on 246 Reviews
80
Mar 16, 2021

It’s a credit to Stanfield that he manages to keep these complex contradictions alive throughout his performance, capturing perfectly the uneasy manner that O’Neal exhibited on camera, his eyes darting anxiously as he attempts to read his surroundings, his manner a mix of fearful, furtive and oddly forceful.

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Mark Kermode
The Observer (UK)
75
Feb 25, 2021

Judas and the Black Messiah quietly announces its modern relevance by presenting as sophisticated a depiction of systemic racism as you could hope to see in a movie.

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Metacritic review by Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
90
Feb 11, 2021

Judas and the Black Messiah represents a disciplined, impassioned effort to bring clarity to a volatile moment, to dispense with the sentimentality and revisionism that too often cloud movies about the ’60s and about the politics of race. It’s fascinating in its own right, and even more so when looked at alongside other recent movies.

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Metacritic review by A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
The New York Times
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