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Gospel Hill

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Gospel Hill

2008

1h 39m

Drama

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6 Reviews

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500+ Ratings

Jack Herrod (Tom Bower), the racist former sheriff of a South Carolina town, is dying of cancer. Decades ago, when a civil rights activist (Samuel L. Jackson) was murdered on Herrod's streets, he neglected to investigate the case. The activist's brother (Danny Glover), now retired, has retreated into solitude and bitterness. His wife (Angela Bassett), however, is prepared to take on the greedy land developers who want to destroy their neighborhood in order to build a golf course.

Stephen Holden

New York Times

So completely lacking in his eye for revealing detail and his ear for colloquial speech that it feels less like a movie than an incomplete first draft of a well-meaning if unsophisticated essay.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 28, 2009

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S. James Snyder

Time Out

It's a familiar formula: Greedy suits touting high-rise schematics and targeting blue-collar citizens end up locking horns with a local firebrand. Guess who wins?

Rated: 2/5

Aug 26, 2009

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Ronnie Scheib

Variety

The potentially thought-provoking concept of historical reconciliation is ill served by a half-baked script that reduces every cliched plot point to jaw-dropping levels of preachiness.

Aug 24, 2009

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Kam Williams

Sly Fox

A Sunday school parable about the difference between good versus evil. Can I get an Amen?

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 27, 2009

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Andrew L. Urban

Urban Cinefile

Subtleties are thin on the ground, but the elements of social injustice, racial tension and character conflicts make the film engaging enough

Mar 21, 2009

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Brian Webster

Apollo Guide

It's hard to say harsh things about a movie as earnest and well intentioned as Gospel Hill. But we've got to do what we've got to do, now, don't we?

Rated: 61/100

Jan 19, 2009

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A well intentioned movie with mild results. Good enough for the story and a good performance by Danny Glover.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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This movie was ok. The story was slow paced and almost boring.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Very good movie! It kept me interested the whole time!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

Excellent film. Giancarlo Esposito has a great directorial debut.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Audience Member

Okay to have on in the background, but not really exciting enough to want to sit and give it your undivided attention. I think I mainly rented this one as Julia Stiles was in it, Is a well acted movie, but never really rises above feeling like a made for tv film.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

One of those small carefully written scripts that are so rare to find. Basically a murder mystery with racial undertones this is worth seeing with a great understated performance by Glover and another by Bassett.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Synopsis

Jack Herrod (Tom Bower), the racist former sheriff of a South Carolina town, is dying of cancer. Decades ago, when a civil rights activist (Samuel L. Jackson) was murdered on Herrod's streets, he neglected to investigate the case. The activist's brother (Danny Glover), now retired, has retreated into solitude and bitterness. His wife (Angela Bassett), however, is prepared to take on the greedy land developers who want to destroy their neighborhood in order to build a golf course.

Director: Giancarlo Esposito
Producer: Freddy Braidy, Giancarlo Esposito, B. Billie Greif, Scott M. Rosenfelt, Emerson Machtus, Cerise Hallam Larkin
Screenwriter: Jeff Stacy, Jeffrey Pratt Gordon, Terrell Tannen
Production Co: Full Glass Films, Premiere Picture, Deco Entertainment
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 14, 2016
Runtime: 1h 39m