
Harry Mention, an enigmatic drifter from the South, comes to visit an old acquaintance named Gideon, who now lives in South-Central Los Angeles. Harry's charming, down-home manner hides a malicious penchant for stirring up trouble, and he exerts a strange and powerful eff...... (Full plot summary below)
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Harry Mention, an enigmatic drifter from the South, comes to visit an old acquaintance named Gideon, who now lives in South-Central Los Angeles. Harry's charming, down-home manner hides a malicious penchant for stirring up trouble, and he exerts a strange and powerful eff...
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| Village VoiceMelissa AndersonOne of the finest films to explore city versus country, old ways versus new, kin versus kin. |
| MetroMatt PriggeSubtle and quietly powerful - partly novelistic, partly poetic |
| The Stranger (Seattle, WA)Charles MudedeThe greatest film made by a black American... |
| Time OutMark KermodeDespite uncertain pacing, Burnett's evocation of a thriving cultural milieu that embraces both superstition and mysterious wisdom is almost flawless. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeAn odd little movie -- and a bit too leisurely paced -- that was largely overlooked on its original release. |
| Washington PostRita KempleyThough it's extremely slow going at times, "To Sleep With Anger" offers a universal look at familial dynamics, articulated from a uniquely black, warmly poetic perspective. |
| New YorkerMichael SragowBurnett and his cast tap depths of mystery, soulfulness, and glee. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatProbes the value clashes in a middle-class Los Angeles black family |
| User ReviewLarry NCharles Barnett is one of the greatest filmmakers of our time. |
| User ReviewCraig BCharles Burnett's film, about ignorance and rancor and a visitor (Danny Glover) who may or may not be the devil tearing apart an Africa-American family, is one of the most truthful and poetic portraits of a family ever put on the big screen. An absolute masterpiece. |