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Alec B It remains a compelling and intimate epic. One for the whole family that never oversimplifies its narrative. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/26/24 Full Review Audience Member Even a dog can change a whole family Taking place during the Great Depression in Louisiana the story focuses on a black family the Morgans Paul Whitfield and Cecily Tyson play husband and wife as well as parents to their kids Their oldest son is David They are poor sharecroppers struggling to make ends meet Desperate to feed his family Nathan steals food then ends up getting arrested His wife is then left to take care of the others She tries her hardest to see him but the heightened segregation and racism is a huge blockade Their hunting dog Sounder runs away too but David doesn't want to give up hope to seeing him again as his father The movie is less about the dog and more about this boy finding his father when no one else will help The animal just ends up taking a backseat for most of this But there's some committed performances from everyone around and they capture the true face of the south in this era of America A person can miss a place but doesn't necessarily have to worry about it Despite some minor hiccups and the misleading of the title we understand this family's solidarity in the face of intimidating odds -- poverty, racism, injustice -- gives the movie a humanistic, optimistic center Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/25/23 Full Review jon c Even a dog can change a whole family Taking place during the Great Depression in Louisiana the story focuses on a black family the Morgans Paul Whitfield and Cecily Tyson play husband and wife as well as parents to their kids Their oldest son is David They are poor sharecroppers struggling to make ends meet Desperate to feed his family Nathan steals food then ends up getting arrested His wife is then left to take care of the others She tries her hardest to see him but the heightened segregation and racism is a huge blockade Their hunting dog Sounder runs away too but David doesn't want to give up hope to seeing him again as his father The movie is less about the dog and more about this boy finding his father when no one else will help The animal just ends up taking a backseat for most of this But there's some committed performances from everyone around and they capture the true face of the south in this era of America A person can miss a place but doesn't necessarily have to worry about it Despite some minor hiccups and the misleading of the title we understand this family's solidarity in the face of intimidating odds -- poverty, racism, injustice -- gives the movie a humanistic, optimistic center Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review james g I loved this when I saw it as a kid in 1972. "Sounder" has hardly aged at all: 50 years have passed and it's solid, great cast, great score, lovely scenes. It deserved that Best Picture nomination. But some characters are flat, like Mrs Boatwright: was she losing her hearing? And other aspects of Ike and Camille would have added to the film, perhaps editing down extended tracking shots of on-location Louisiana. You just know Camille has a great back story. Still, a must-see, and rare, G-rated drama for all ages. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review dave s Having just re-watched Sounder after first having seen it about forty years ago, it's sad to say that it doesn't have the same emotional punch that it did upon the first viewing. Maybe it doesn't have the same technical merit of subsequent films with similar themes. Maybe more recent films dealing with race deal with the issue more directly. It's hard to say. Sounder is still a decent movie and Cecily Tyson's performance still packs a punch, but the film seems to have too many pensive moments with shots of characters walking against a distant skyline and things of the sort. Yes, it is worth watching, but don't expect it to move you like it once may have. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review steve d Its tone doesn't fit the story. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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