Variety
A rock-solid movie: squarely deliberate, a little long and predictable, but honest and thoughtful enough, precise in its period and locale, with very strong performances.
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The Best of Enemies
Oscar nominee Taraji P Henson (Hidden Figures) is Ann Atwater, fighting for school integration in 1971 Durham, North Carolina in this true story drama. Oscar winner Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) co-stars as a local Ku Klux Klan leader, arguing to keep segregation in place.
2019Rating: M, Mature themes133 minsUSA
DramaTrue Story & BiographyHistorical
- Director:
- Robin Bissell (feature debut)
- Writer:
- Robin Bissell
- Cast:
- Taraji P. HensonSam RockwellAnne HecheWes BentleyBruce McGillNick SearcyJohn Gallagher Jr.Babou Ceesay
The Best of Enemies / Reviews
The New York Times
The political moral of the movie is that change happens when the oppressed are nice to their oppressors.
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No doubt the world needs more paeans to tolerance, but movies as ineffectual as "The Best of Enemies" feel profoundly inadequate to the task.
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Hollywood Reporter
[W]hile it lacks the ambition to turn its obvious plot into a film that feels new, it also avoids the pitfalls of moral smugness and stereotyping.
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