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   Is fences a good movie?

   • Fences was released in North America on December 16, 2016, by Paramount Pictures. It received positive reviews and praise from critics for Washington's performance and direction, Davis's performance, the screenplay, pacing, cinematography, and emotional tone. Critics found the film "extremely powerful and effective."

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   Is 'fences' based on a true story?

   • The focus of Wilson’s cycle is African-American life across the entire 20th century, with each play taking place in a particular decade. “Fences” is set in the 1950’s, but the timeframe does not date the material.

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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.

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   Does 'fences' have an aching poetry?

   • "Review: Beneath the Bombast, 'Fences' Has an Aching Poetry (Published 2016)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-17. ^ Gleiberman, Owen (2016-11-22). "Film Review: Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in 'Fences' ". Variety. Retrieved 2021-01-17. ^ David Edelstein (December 23, 2016).

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   Fences is a 2016 American period drama film starring, produced, and directed by Denzel Washington and written by August Wilson, based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning 1985 play of the same name. In addition to Washington, the film also stars Viola Davis, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Jovan Adepo, Russell Hornsby, Mykelti Williamson, and Saniyya Sidney.

   • Box office: $64.4 million
   • Based on: Fences, by August Wilson

   • Budget: $24 million
   • Music by: Marcelo Zarvos

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   Dec 23, 2016 · Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. 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 ...

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   Synopsis. The film takes places in Pittsburgh in 1956. Troy (Denzel Washington) and Bono (Stephen Henderson) work as trash collectors in Pittsburgh. Troy complains that they never hire colored men for the driving; they always have to do the lifting. Bono asks about a girl that he's seen Troy eyeing at the bar they frequent.

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   Dec 25, 2016 · Fences: Directed by Denzel Washington. With Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Jovan Adepo. A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.

   • Director: Denzel Washington

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   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. Troy Maxson...

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   • Director: Denzel Washington

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

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   Nov 22, 2016 · Nov 22, 2016 7:00am PT. 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...

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   Dec 15, 2016 · Fences gives us a working-class black family in the 1950s, with particular focus on a father whose own rough go at life informs but doesn't fully excuse his behavior in his own household. For it...