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Stonewall

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Stonewall

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Released Sep 25, 2015

2h 9m

History

Drama

LGBTQ+

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Kicked out by his parents, a gay teenager (Jeremy Irvine) leaves small-town Indiana for New York's Greenwich Village, where growing discrimination against the LGBT community leads to riots on June 28, 1969.

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Critics Consensus

As an ordinary coming-of-age drama, Stonewall is merely dull and scattered -- but as an attempt to depict a pivotal moment in American history, it's offensively bad.

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Leela Ginelle

Bitch Media

It feels like Emmerich couldn't help but make his Stonewall a mashup of My Own Private Idaho and Independence Day.

Feb 9, 2021

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Alison Willmore

BuzzFeed News

Stonewall is a movie about a pivotal moment in LGBT history as filtered through the perspective of a fictional hunk of Wonder Bread named Danny who steps off a bus from Indiana and right into a central role in the Christopher Street scene.

Nov 10, 2015

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Maya Stanton

Entertainment Weekly

The Stonewall Riots were a triumph for a marginalized community, but Emmerich fails to convey the significance of the event in any meaningful fashion. The subject matter deserves better, and so do we.

Rated: D

Sep 28, 2015

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Ben Turner

The Pink Lens

Instead of showing us the real story, Emmerich thought his fictional character was was more interesting. I'd say that's pretty damn arrogant.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 2, 2021

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Andrew Galdi

Movie Bitches

In this movie, the density of failure was approaching Showgirls levels.

Apr 29, 2020

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Avaryl Halley

Movie Bitches

The worst part of the movie is the dialogue.

Apr 29, 2020

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Carson P

I don't see many even knowing of this movies existence and it's probably emmerichs least popular movie but what I've heard from those who saw it i heard it being pretty offensive the dialogue sounds childish and bassically the event was turned into some coming of age story which could have been good considereding the last ones getting Oscar nominated like Belfast and Spielberg fabelmans but this as it's bordering around a real life event of a protest it's kind of not a good combination and the film is barely accurate except with showing the protest scene which the film shines and it has the looks of a good film that can be made for viewing as high drama art but doesn't get close to it and fails at least emmerich did midway which was much better and the main achievement for emmerich to do an awards glory film and earn cinemetic respectability this film on the other hand is not good and is just a missed opportunity C-

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/09/24

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David B

Far inferior to the 1995 film of the same name in every possible way.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/16/23

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Angelo R

Manages to "white wash" the roots. But the lead character's story kept my attention.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/31/23

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georgan g

The plot attempted to show all the bad experiences the LGBT community members went through before Stonewall. It did this with an easy way for straight viewers to feel empathy.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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steve d

Not factual enough to satisfy but powerful at times.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

This movie captures a great moment in history without a terrific accuracy. The protagonist, a boring white guy, is likely far from being one of the key protagonists of the Stonewall riots. And he is by far the least interesting of the players. Inaccuracies aside, the movie is terribly dull at times. Many were the times that I felt like fast-forwarding. The acting is not always very convincing, the most serious case is the actor who plays Danny. Danny seems to have very limited facial expressions and his hair is always neatly combed regardless of the situations. All said and done, and as flawed as it is, the movie is not entirely bad, and is enough to evoke varied feelings about gay rights and how we have come a long way. . For that reason, and for that only, it may be worth the watch.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Kicked out by his parents, a gay teenager (Jeremy Irvine) leaves small-town Indiana for New York's Greenwich Village, where growing discrimination against the LGBT community leads to riots on June 28, 1969.

Director: Roland Emmerich
Producer: Roland Emmerich, Marc Frydman, Michael Fossat, Carsten H.W. Lorenz
Screenwriter: Jon Robin Baitz
Distributor: Roadside Attractions
Production Co: Centropolis Entertainment
Rating: R (Language Throughout|Drug Use|Sexual Content|Some Violence)
Genre: History, Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 25, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 8, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $186.4K
Runtime: 2h 9m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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