We’ve seen the Pacific Rim reviews but let’s take a moment and look at a film that is all the way at the opposite end of the movie spectrum.
Unless you are a soap opera watcher, Michael B. Jordan is best known for his work as Wallace in the HBO show, The Wire. A talented actor for sure, will his performance in Fruitvale Station, opening this weekend, be of the same caliber?
Check out these reviews, give a glance at the Grown Ups 2 reviews and hopefully the critics give a better idea as to which movie to see this weekend!
Fruitvale Station is a gut punch of a movie. By standing in solidarity with Oscar, it becomes an unstoppable cinematic force. — Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Powerful and disturbing.Michael B. Jordan is brilliant. It shows us we can’t change the past but with movies like this perhaps we can make a better future. — Pete Hammond, Movieline
Ryan Coogler does a remarkable thing with his first feature film. He makes it look like he has been in the business as a director for years. — Robin Clifford, Reeling Reviews
[Ryan] Coogler isn’t exactly an invisible hand. He pokes and prods his audience at every turn: Neither the false moments nor the powerful ones leave much mystery about how we’re supposed to feel. — Scott Tobias, The Dissolve
At a time when the multiplexes are crowded with coarse comedy and inept spectacle, here’s a homegrown movie that honors its subject and the medium. — Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
A sad, touching and subtle film. — A.O. Scott, New York Times