
Morris is a 13-year-old African-American who moves to Heidelberg with his dad, who coaches professional soccer. The film explores Morris's attempts to fit in with German kids. He falls for a girl at a youth club and she encourages him to open up a little and share his rapping.... (Full plot summary below)
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Morris is a 13-year-old African-American who moves to Heidelberg with his dad, who coaches professional soccer. The film explores Morris's attempts to fit in with German kids. He falls for a girl at a youth club and she encourages him to open up a little and share his rapping.
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| Cleveland Plain DealerMichael HeatonMorris From America tells a familiar story in a unique setting. But it does so without venturing far outside the borders of run-of-the-mill adolescent fare. |
| New York PostKyle SmithIt’s a small movie, but in his third feature, indie writer-director Chad Hartigan proves he is a major talent, imbuing the interactions with wit and warmth and charm. |
| The New York TimesA.O. ScottThere is plenty of drama in a teenager’s everyday life — no need to sensationalize — and Morris From America feels true to both the pleasures and the frustrations of its title character. |
| The PlaylistSam FragosoFocused on fetishizing rather than intimately depicting, director Chad Hartigan has produced a warm-hearted yarn that treats its two African-American leading men like props in his white-washed game of chess. |
| The Patriot LedgerAl AlexanderYes, it's the old fish-out-of-water scenario, but Hartigan does so much with it that it actually seems fresh. |
| Salt Lake TribuneSean P. MeansIt would be hard to find two such coming-of-age movies as charming, warm and smart as Little Men and Morris From America. |
| Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaThe truehearted insights in Chad Hartigan's Sundance award-winner - about adolescence, about alienation, about parenting, about race - make it a must-see. |
| LRMEdward DouglasOne of the most enjoyable films of the year. |
| NPRAndrew LapinWhat's remarkable about the film is that it sets up what could have been a bunch of pat, dumb culture-clash jokes about a black New York kid in Europe, yet never takes the easy way out. Instead, it explores and resolutely preserves its hero's humanity. |
| Paste MagazineTim GriersonA perfectly likable coming-of-age drama that's always enjoyable but rarely transcendent. |