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In Dubious Battle
The movie tells the story of an activist (Nat Wolff) who joins a labor movement for California farm workers in the 1930s. It also features a romantic subplot concerning a female worker, Lisa (Selena Gomez).
5 November 1943, Fort Sheridan, Illinois, USA
5 January 1931, San Diego, California, USA
25 August 1949, Old Bethpage, Long Island, New York, USA
22 May 1946, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
12 October 1992, Union, Kentucky, USA
29 April 1977, Tyler, Texas, USA
6 April 1975, Rome, New York, USA
4 December 1984, Coevorden, Drenthe, Netherlands
22 July 1992, Grand Prairie, Texas, USA
7 March 1956, Hollywood, California, USA
16 November 1959, USA
17 December 1994, Los Angeles, California, USA
February 23, 2017
A band of fruit pickers struggle with hopelessness and keeping their souls alive during a strike.
February 16, 2017
Plays like imitation Oscar bait done on the cheap.
February 17, 2017
In Dubious Battle will likely slip by without anybody paying it much mind, and that's a shame. It deserves better than that, especially with the progression it shows in Franco as a director.
February 25, 2017
Perfectly paced and skillfully cast, "In Dubious Battle" is one of those small films that occasionally see the light of day
February 17, 2017
A dubious film based on a dubious novel.
February 16, 2017
At least it means well.
February 24, 2017
... shares the same feisty and resilient attitude as its characters, and also shares the ability to be admired more for effort than execution.
February 24, 2017
Franco clearly enjoys playing the idealistic rabble rouser, and who wouldn't want to direct a movie so they could cast themselves as a charismatic radical? Unfortunately, watching someone else play make believe is only fun if you believe it yourself.
February 16, 2017
Can't help but dispense with much of the book's moral and dramatic complexity, and along with it any real capacity for fresh insight or surprise.
February 16, 2017
A faithfully earnest rendering of John Steinbeck's classic Great Depression tale.
February 17, 2017
In Dubious Battle is monotonous in its messaging, working only when it allows itself to be a character piece less tied to Having Something to Say.
February 17, 2017
Rarely has such star wattage resulted in a film so dull.
