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      Showing Roots

      2016 1h 40m Comedy Drama List
      Reviews 40% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score Inspired by the miniseries "Roots," two young women try to integrate their small town in 1977. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Mar 02 Buy Now

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      Audience Member Somewhat clichéd Lifetime movie with larger, nobler aspirations about the transitional time between '60's unrest in the deep South and whatever hypocrisies we have now in the Red State confederacy of Dunces. It was the time when the TV mini-series "Roots" ran on ABC and broke ratings records. Maggie Grace is great hearkening to and channeling "Steel Magnolias" - also filmed in Louisiana ... and in a setting of what they still call in the South, "beauty shops". After an hour and 30-minutes of interracial angst the movie goes for a formulaic, storybook ending. (In the Extra materials the cast refers to the script as a fairytale - that it certainly is not after the final edit). All that's missing is confetti and streamers. But nothing very much actually has changed, even in the little town of Plaquemine, LA, where the images were captured in 2016, So The End'ing rings hollow as the movie switches from a microcosm of southern conflict and distrust to a sort of Nicholas Sparks pulp romance. It's jarring and leaves an aftertaste of cotton candy and stale beer. Weird. It's as though the producer ran out of time and money and said we need to wrap this and make it sweet for the Lifetime pseudo-executives. Oh well ... Nevertheless, there are some good performances from an earnest cast to go with the good intentions. | ~ Norm de Guerre Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Renee Schonfeld Common Sense Media Uneven racial comedy has cursing, slurs, and some sexuality. Rated: 2/5 Jun 27, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Inspired by the miniseries "Roots," two young women try to integrate their small town in 1977.
      Director
      Michael Wilson
      Screenwriter
      Susan Batten
      Production Co
      Upload Films
      Genre
      Comedy, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Mar 23, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 40m
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