
The aftermath of a police killing of a black man, told through the eyes of the bystander who filmed the act, an African-American police officer and a high-school baseball phenom inspired to take a stand.... (Full plot summary below)
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The aftermath of a police killing of a black man, told through the eyes of the bystander who filmed the act, an African-American police officer and a high-school baseball phenom inspired to take a stand.
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| CinemalogueTodd JorgensonThe simmering distrust between urban law enforcement and working-class minorities is illustrated with gritty authenticity in this provocative ensemble drama. |
| Film Festival TodayChristopher Llewellyn ReedGripping throughout, this work of profound cinema should be seen, savored and celebrated. |
| Common Sense MediaMichael OrdoñaSuperb race-relations drama has language, tension. |
| Assignment XAbbie BernsteinMonsters and Men almost feels more like a tone poem than a narrative. It's sincere and feels lived in, but it seems a bit too ephemeral in its treatment of the matters that it wants us to consider to have much impact. |
| Film Journal InternationalAndré HerefordThe stories, for the most part, don't resolve themselves, or they tend to tie up abruptly in a fashion that frustrates expectations without providing compensating insight. |
| 48 HillsDennis HarveyGreen's gracefully assured script and direction don't formally separate the three segments, nor are they differentiated in tonal or stylistic terms...its somewhat hyperbolic title aside, Monsters and Men doesn't demonize (or sanctify) anyone. |
| The Movie CricketSean P. MeansGreen, as writer and director, takes on a police shooting from several different angles. Each is fascinating and powerful on their own, and together the results are shattering. |
| Mark Reviews MoviesMark DujsikIt's not simply about doing the right thing from one point of view. It's in realizing that, for each of the men, the right thing is different. |
| NPRMark JenkinsMonsters and Men offers neither unalloyed despair nor implausible hope. It's about the way people of color live now, moving through the streets with passion, purpose and one eye on the rear-view mirror. |
| Vanity FairRichard LawsonThough all three sections of the film have didactic bits when big ideas are plainly stated, the bulk of Monsters and Men renders huge issues with a fluid understatement. But that disarming pensiveness and interiority doesn’t forget the anger and sadness of the story—instead, it somehow heightens it, affording these characters a grounded texture that casts their struggles in a piercingly humane light. |