Monsters and Men

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Monsters and Men

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Released Sep 28, 2018

1h 35m

Drama

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Tensions rise when a young man records a police officer shooting a black motorist in a Brooklyn, N.Y., neighborhood.

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Critics Consensus

Well-acted and visually stylish, Monsters and Men tells its timely story with enough compassion and complexity to make up for occasionally uneven execution.

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Mark Kermode

Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

Seems to be quite deliberately attempting not to enflame but inform.

Jan 29, 2019

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

It's smoothly done, by the writer-director Reinaldo Marcus Green, with few histrionics and delicate jumps between three separate stories.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 22, 2019

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Philip De Semlyen

Time Out

John David Washington's role is more muted than in 'BlacKkKlansman', but he shows tantalising glimpses of dad Denzel's effortless charisma.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 21, 2019

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Vadim Rizov

Filmmaker Magazine

This movie isn’t made for me, is it? Monsters and Men provides mimetic affirmation that these are dark times, and you’re not alone in constantly clocking them.

Jan 6, 2023

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Despite losing steam in its third act, “Monsters and Men” maintains a steady sense of intimacy and relevance. Its stories feel personal and offer unique points of view on a smoldering current issue.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 24, 2022

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Taylor Baker

Drink in the Movies

Episode 28: Piercing / Monsters and Men / Thunder Road / Destroyer

Rated: 56/100

Sep 9, 2021

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KB B

It's an entertaining film with lots of drama and a good storyline. It's sad what people of color must endure. It's worth the watch.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/08/23

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Christopher R

Subtle and real. Sensational without the sensationalism.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/16/23

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Audience Member

What works about this movie is that it's stylized in a way where you are there with the characters - in the locker room, at the police station, in front of the liquor store. In this way it's very intimate. When a character overhears someone talking about the shooting in this film you feel like it's you are part of that private conversation. What could also be a beat you over the head think piece is nuanced and invites you into the conversation. The only down side is that it plays like three films instead of one interconnected one. Well done and very appropriate for our time.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Monsters And Men after needing to watch a second time which I did, is a film that proves effective, and more it seems after second viewing, but I don't think it's as effective as other films about the issue of police brutality. There is one intense scary scence in Downtown Manhattan later in the film. The movie seems like an epic in a sense, like Moonlight and Green Book. It is a decent watch and I recommend watching it for free while it's still on certain sites for free. 3 and a half out of 5.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Audience Member

a very moving movie with amazing acting from the cast

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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unique storytelling that I wished tied up more loose ends, but did a great job on the stories it did tell.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/26/19

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Synopsis

Tensions rise when a young man records a police officer shooting a black motorist in a Brooklyn, N.Y., neighborhood.

Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green
Producer: Luca Borghese, Julia Lebedev, Josh Penn, Elizabeth Lodge Stepp, Eddie Vaisman
Screenwriter: Reinaldo Marcus Green
Distributor: Neon
Production Co: Department of Motion Pictures, Sight Unseen Pictures
Rating: R (Language)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 28, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 8, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $500.1K
Runtime: 1h 35m

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