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- On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 60% based on 50 reviews, with an average of 6.1/10. The site's critics consensus reads: " Native Son ' s struggles with its problematic source material are uneven but overall compelling, thanks largely to Ashton Sanders' poised work in the central role."
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Apr 6, 2019 · Revamping Richard Wright’s 1940 seminal novel via a modern adaptation by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, first-time feature director Rashid Johnson has made a thunderous...
Apr 5, 2019 · Bigger’s green hair is an excellent standout feature, setting him apart from everyone else in the movie. There are also the vivid blue walls of Bigger’s bedroom at home and graffiti-lined spaces that inject a sense of life into the painful story.
Apr 5, 2019 · Ashton Sanders plays Bigger in HBO’s movie adaptation of “Native Son,” which rewrites him as not a social problem but a late adolescent with loose ends. Photograph Courtesy HBO. A...
Apr 6, 2019 · Bigger “Big” Thomas, a young African American man, lives with his mother and siblings in Chicago. Half-heartedly involved with a girlfriend, he sports green hair and a punk jacket, smokes weed, and carries a pistol—but rebuffs his buddy’s “easy-money” scheme to knock off a corner store.
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Apr 3, 2019 · In the classic 1940 novel Native Son, 20-year-old Bigger Thomas dreams of a life beyond his impoverished Chicago neighborhood. As in the book, the new Native Son movie begins with...
Apr 5, 2019 · And if there's any character in literary history whose life is reflective of Baldwin's reference, it's Bigger Thomas, the protagonist of Native Son, written by his fellow author Richard Wright. Now, the classic 1940 novel is being adapted into a new HBO film that premieres on Saturday, April 6 at 10 p.m. ET.