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#greatcast

Awesome movie! So inspiring!

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Metacritic

63
Sep 18, 2019

Jeffrey Wright plays the world weary library director trying to keep the peace and hold on to some semblance of the institution’s core mission — a fact delivering, education supplementing bastion of learning, civic responsibility and civility. That’s one thing The Public absolutely nails.

Metacritic review by Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Movie Nation
50
Apr 4, 2019

Estevez further undermines the film by casting himself in the lead role. He gives an odd performance, in which he consistently seems to be going for enigmatic, but he ends up just inexpressive.

Metacritic review by Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
37
Apr 3, 2019

This is a small film with some big-ish names in it: Jeffrey Wright plays Stuart’s boss; Taylor Schilling is his love interest; and Gabrielle Union is a TV reporter. But it topples under the weight of its unwieldy themes.

Metacritic review by Michael O'Sullivan
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post