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Fruitvale Station
The movie reveals the last day in Oscar's life, and how he crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.
21 April 1976, Hayward, California, USA
April 06, 2016
Ryan Coogler's film is very sad and will make you cry, and maybe that's a good thing. I acknowledge it's important to devote time and care to such portrayals of abuse and injustice, and Coogler has certainly done that.October 10, 2014
[Fruitvale Station] has a profound emotional impact by keeping things simple.November 07, 2014
As well as being a superb piece of filmmaking and writing that tells an important story of what happened, it's also a thought-provoking tribute to what could have been.March 21, 2017
Michael B. Jordon honed his talent on series like The Wire and Friday Night Lights. His performance seems natural but that doesn't mean it was easy to achieve. It's subtle, deep and fiery.April 28, 2015
It's a gentle film, with deep reservoirs of empathy and understanding. And so terribly sad.September 22, 2013
It's an unflinching, 360-degree character portrait.April 10, 2016
Michael B. Jordan and Octavia Spencer are particularly good in the film.December 10, 2013
Michael B. Jordan is simply brilliant in his portrayal of Grant, whom Coogler presents as a generally happy, if complex and somewhat troubled young man.July 26, 2013
It's hard not to watch Fruitvale Station with a coiled dread... Yet, Coogler's greatest achievement may be in reminding us that Grant was a work in progress with people who loved him in spite of his flaws and because of his hopes.July 26, 2013
You wonder if Coogler would have felt freer had Grant somehow lived that night, if the director weren't put in a position where he felt the need to honor the dead by bringing him to dramatic life. But he believes in his ambition.December 10, 2013
Writer-director Ryan Coogler's [film is an] assured and evenhanded debut.December 10, 2013
The intimacy of debut writer-director Ryan Coogler's approach to the film and the no-frills, believably real quality of the main performances combine to drive the senselessness of Oscar's killing home with visceral impact.