In Dubious Battle

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Released Feb 17, 2017

1 hr. 54 min.

History

Drama

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In California apple country, 900 migratory workers rise up against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own, stronger than its individual members and more frightening. Led by the doomed Jim Nolan (Nat Wolff), the strike is founded on his tragic idealism and the philosophy to never submit or yield.

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Kleber C

Excelente, um filme que mostra o que não querem que seja visto, todos devem assistir!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/13/23

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Tweety K

It's been almost a century since the Great Depression. I'm not sure people understand those times. My mother told me stories of how hard it was. A philosophy of bootstrapping and not complaining was pervasive. A simple directive people were afraid to stray away from, lest they starve. I give James Franco big props for attempting to capture that mindset. I think he did an excellent job with everything in this movie. The attitudes, the clothing, the settings, the language they used. To me it is an important rendering of an important time in American history that is about to slip away from memory. This time literally changed America from the ground up. I also know what it means to pick apples at dawn when it is wet and cold, then roast when the sun comes up. That's how we made our candy money back in the 1960's. But we did it for some spare change. It is difficult work for which those people were paid practically nothing.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/27/23

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Audience Member

I had great expectations, but the whole thing was disappointing

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Audience Member

L'idea di fondo rappresenta alla perfezione il suo regista e attore James Franco; che quanto mai poliedrico spazia su vari ruoli e continua a cimentarsi in sfide sempre più probanti ed ambiziose, anche se con esiti alterni. Il film si propone di raccontare la storia di uno dei numerosi scioperi del settore agricolo prima delle leggi volte a tutelare le categorie dei lavoratori più esposte. Il lento incedere dello sciopero è ottimamente esposto; le attese, le ansie e le preoccupazioni. Purtroppo ci si sofferma troppo sulla storia di amore platonico tra due dei protagonisti. Visto il cast stellare, ci si poteva comportare diversamente; perchè vedere Duvall, Cranston e Harris relegati a comparse da pochi minuti fa male agli occhi e al cuore.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Audience Member

Great Western. Duvall and Costner are fantastic.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

Great work brings the era out to us in real time

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Jude Dry

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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.

Rated: C-

Feb 24, 2017

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Tricia Olszewski

TheWrap

Rarely has such star wattage resulted in a film so dull.

Feb 17, 2017

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

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.

Rated: 2/4

Feb 17, 2017

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Joelle Monique

Black Girl Nerds

Whether there are fights breaking out, children on fire, or sweeping passionate speeches there isn't a lot of time left for subtle human moments.

Sep 5, 2018

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Graham Fuller

Culture Trip

It's one of those flawed films you watch for its formidable cast.

Jun 20, 2017

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Ilan Preskovsky

Channel24 (South Africa)

It makes a poignant case for protecting the rights of workers by putting constraints on those in power but its sympathetic, heartfelt message doesn't quite make up for how inert the film is dramatically.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 21, 2017

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Synopsis

In California apple country, 900 migratory workers rise up against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own, stronger than its individual members and more frightening. Led by the doomed Jim Nolan (Nat Wolff), the strike is founded on his tragic idealism and the philosophy to never submit or yield.

Director: James Franco
Executive Producer: Martin Guigui
Screenwriter: Matt Rager
Distributor: Momentum Pictures
Production Co: Rabbit Bandini Productions, Aperture Media Partners
Rating: R (Some Violence|Brief Sexuality)
Genre: History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 17, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 21, 2017

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