The Times
It’s smoothly done... with few histrionics and delicate jumps between three separate stories.
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Monsters and Men
John David Washington (Tenet) and Anthony Ramos (In the Heights) star in this charged drama from Reinaldo Marcus Green (King Richard). After capturing an illegal act of police violence on his cellphone, a Brooklyn street hustler sets off a series of events that alter the lives of a local police officer and a star high-school athlete.
201896 minsUSADepartment of Motion Pictures, AgX, Sight Unseen Pictures, Neon
Drama
Monsters and Men | Reviews
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The Guardian
There is humanity and complexity in this welcome movie, as well as muscular power and unreconciled anger.
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San Francisco Chronicle
(The central trio) need more depth; as it is, they sometimes feel like stick-figure embodiments of the conflicts the director wants to point out.
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The New York Times
(The) powerful ensemble makes Monsters and Men, while far from a fully-formed conversation, a very fine place to start.
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A.V. Club
(Green's) choice to trisect the story results in a film that can feel too measured and dispassionate for a subject matter that practically demands polemics.
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The Irish Times
Green’s quietly ambitious, engrossing film is powered along by terrific central turns from Washington and Ramos...
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Empire Magazine
Monsters And Men tackles its issues thoughtfully... It is stylish, considered filmmaking.
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