Despite a worthy fact-based story and obvious good intentions, Red Tails suffers from one-dimensional characters, corny dialogue, and heaps of clichés.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Anthony Hemingway -
Producer -
Rick McCallum , Charles Floyd Johnson -
Screenwriter -
John Ridley , Aaron McGruder -
Distributor -
20th Century Fox -
Production Co -
Lucasfilm Ltd. -
Rating -
PG-13 (Some Seq. of War Violence) -
Genre -
History , Drama , War -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Jan 20, 2012, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Mar 1, 2013 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$49.9M -
Runtime -
2h 5m