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   PG-132016 · Drama · 2h 13m

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   • 7.2/10 7.2/10 IMDb
   • 92% 92% Rotten Tomatoes

   Critics consensus From its reunited Broadway stars to its screenplay, the solidly crafted Fences finds its Pulitzer-winning source material fundamentally unchanged -- and still just as powerful. More reviews on Rotten Tomatoes

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   Is 'fences' a good movie?

   • “Fences” is lively and vibrant yet aching and tragic. The cast’s rapport carries over beautifully from stage to screen, and their handling of August Wilson’s characters comes from an understanding far deeper that simple familiarity. August 20, 2022 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review… It's impossible to watch and not be moved.

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   Is 'fences' a filmed reading?

   • But even as it properly foregrounds Wilson’s dialogue — few playwrights have approached his genius for turning workaday vernacular into poetry — “Fences” is much more than a filmed reading. Mr. Washington has wisely resisted the temptation to force a lot of unnecessary cinema on the play.

   Review: Beneath the Bombast, ‘Fences’ Has an Aching Poetry

   www.nytimes.com/2016/12/15/movies/fences-review-denzel-washington-viola-davis.html

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   Is fences a public service movie?

   • Fences is moviemaking as public service, like PBS's Masterpiece Theater: an accessible adaptation of a necessary literary work that few will ever have the opportunity to see onstage. Washington keeps us entrenched in the claustrophobic house and declines to gussy things up with the cinematic flourishes we might expect.

   'Fences': A Major American Play Finally Makes It To Screen; It Was

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   Is 'fences' a good play?

   • “Fences” has passages of fierce and moving power, but on screen the play comes off as episodic and more than a bit unwieldy. As other characters show up, each sheds a ray of light on the real nature of Troy.

   Film Review: Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in ‘Fences’ - Variety

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2. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › fences-2016Fences movie review & film summary (2016) | Roger Ebert

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   Dec 23, 2016 · Fences. Every payday, garbage collector Troy Maxson ( Denzel Washington) holds court in the backyard of the Pittsburgh home he shares with his wife, Rose ( Viola Davis) and their son, Cory ( Jovan Adepo ). By Troy’s side are his two best friends, Bono (Stephen Henderson), the co-worker he’s known for decades, and a bottle of gin, which Troy ...

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   Troy Maxson (Denzel Washington) makes his living as a sanitation worker in 1950s Pittsburgh. Maxson once dreamed of becoming a professional baseball player, but was deemed too old when the major ...

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   • Director: Denzel Washington

   • Content Rating: PG-13
   • Actors: Denzel Washington

4. www.nytimes.com › 2016/12/15 › moviesReview: Beneath the Bombast, ‘Fences’ Has an Aching Poetry

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   Dec 15, 2016 · In the screen adaption of the August Wilson play “Fences,” Denzel Washington is a former Negro Leagues ballplayer whose bitterness over constricted opportunities poisons his family as well.

   • Director: Denzel Washington

5. variety.com › 2016 › film'Fences' Review: Denzel Washington and Viola Davis ... - Variety

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   Nov 22, 2016 · Film Review: Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in ‘Fences’. Denzel Washington directs and stars in a towering screen version of August Wilson's play about a flawed inner-city patriarch....

6. www.theguardian.com › film › 2017Fences review – Denzel Washington steps up to the plate

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   Feb 9, 2017 · Fences is a fervent, prolix, stately but beautifully acted drama, its exteriors lovingly photographed in a richly sunlit honeycomb hue. It is an adaptation of August Wilson’s Pulitzer-winning...

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   • Author: Peter Bradshaw

7. www.npr.org › 2016/12/15 › 504853969'Fences': A Major American Play Finally Makes It To Screen ...

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   Dec 15, 2016 · Director/star Denzel Washington faithfully adapts August Wilson's searing, Pulitzer-winning play. The brilliant result is "moviemaking as public service," says critic Andrew Lapin.

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   “Fences” is lively and vibrant yet aching and tragic. The cast’s rapport carries over beautifully from stage to screen, and their handling of August Wilson’s characters comes from an understanding...