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  1. Poo-Review Ratings. Two powerful lead performances drive Fences, a tale about a black family living in Pittsburgh during the mid-1950s, that, while the overall experience is mostly negative, the impact is nonetheless a powerful and emotional undertaking. The screenplay is adapted from the 1983 Pulitzer Prize winning play by the late August ...

  2. FENCES is a slice of life stage play about a bombastic, conceited patriarchal father and husband who makes everyone else miserable. Director Denzel Washington stars as Troy, a garbage collector with a chip on his shoulder in the 1950s. Troy challanges his company because none of the drivers are African American.

  3. Dec 25, 2016 · The most recent home video release of Fences movie is March 14, 2017. Here are some details… Home Video Notes: Fences Release Date: 14 March 2017 Fences releases to home video (Blu-ray/Digital HD) with the following extras: - Expanding the Audience: From Stage to Screen - The Company of Fences - Building Fences: Denzel Washington - Playing ...

  4. Dec 16, 2016 · Whenever a film is adapted from a play, the ritual question is whether it’s sufficiently cinematic, or still too stagebound to qualify as a real movie. In the case of “Fences,” set in 1950s ...

    • Dec 16, 2016
    • 2020
    • Joe Morgenstern
  5. A beautiful if maybe slow play-movie. Do not watch it expecting "things to happen", but watch it to be mesmerized by the acting, the writing, and the underlying tensions it addresses. In 1950s Pittsburgh, a frustrated African-American father struggles with the constraints of poverty, racism, and his own inner demons as he tries to raise a family.

  6. Dec 23, 2016 · Gets Stuck Between Stage and Screen. By David Edelstein. Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in Fences. Photo: David Lee/Paramount Pictures Corporation. In his play Fences, August Wilson brings only ...

  7. In the end I hated the dad. It was over hyped and melodramatic rubbish. Mykelti Williamson's portrayal of a man with learning disabilities was embarrassing. I have issues with my relationship with my father that effect my life in a very negative manner. When I saw the trailer for this movie, I knew I had….

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