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Pariah

  • Rated R
  • 1hr 26m
  • 79

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Dee Rees

Producer:

Nekisa Cooper, Spike Lee, Jeff Robinson

Writer:

Dee Rees

Release Date:

Dec 28, 2011

Runtime:

1hr 26m

Synopsis

A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.

Cast

  • Adepero Oduye
  • Pernell Walker
  • Aasha Davis
  • Charles Parnell
  • Sahra Mellesse
  • Kim Wayans
  • Shamika Cotton
  • Ray Anthony Thomas

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Metacritic

79
metacritic
Based on 34 Critics
6.4

USER SCORE (25)

Generally favorable reviews based on 25 Reviews
80
Dec 28, 2011

At its soulful heart, Pariah is a stinging street-smart story of an African American teen's struggle to come of age and come out - to the father who still calls her daddy's little girl and the mother who quotes the Bible and buys her pink frills.

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Metacritic review by Betsy Sharkey
Betsy Sharkey
Los Angeles Times
75
Dec 28, 2011

This is a look at the joy, confusion and heartbreak of adolescence that's both culture- and locale-specific and, at the same time, universal.

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Metacritic review by Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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