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      Test Pattern

      Released Feb 12, 2021 1h 22m Drama Mystery & Thriller TRAILER for Test Pattern: Trailer 1 List Test Pattern: Trailer 1 Test Pattern: Trailer 1 1:41 View more videos
      96% Tomatometer 57 Reviews 51% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings Young couple Renesha (Brittany S. Hall) and Evan (Will Brill) negotiate a variety of questions, judgments, and other comments on their interracial relationship. Yet, the most significant test for the strength of their bond arrives in the form of a brutal sexual assault Renesha suffers. A frantic Evan must then drive the distressed Renesha across the city in hopes of securing a rape kit, encountering further prejudice along the way. Written and directed by Shatara Michelle Ford. Gail Bean, Drew Fuller, and Ben Levin co-star. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Apr 01 Buy Now

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      Test Pattern surveys the aftermath of a woman's assault -- and uncovers the many ways in which personal trauma can be compounded by systemic injustice.

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      K. Austin Collins Rolling Stone This is a film that takes a slim setup, all of it predicated on difference, and runs with it, renders it into something as intellectually persuasive as it is dramatically refined. Rated: 4.5/5 Feb 25, 2021 Full Review Richard Brody New Yorker Reveals, with fiercely focussed observation, the combined breakdown of public institutions and private life. Feb 22, 2021 Full Review Claudia Puig FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles) This is an important film. It's perhaps even more than timely -- it's urgent. Feb 20, 2021 Full Review Marya E. Gates Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack) Examines not just the broken medical system in Texas, but also toxic masculinity, the murky waters of consent, and the power dynamics in interracial couples - especially between Black women and white men. Feb 13, 2024 Full Review Mitchell Beaupre Awards Radar Everything in Test Pattern comes back to that idea of authenticity, exemplified by the neorealist approach that Ford takes to putting us through the motions with these characters. Rated: 4/4 Sep 22, 2022 Full Review Marlow Stern The Daily Beast Those words by late civil-rights leader Malcolm X reverberate throughout filmmaker Shatara Michelle Ford's white-knuckle debut... Jan 4, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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      brent m Sexual assault is a subject that carries important implications on multiple fronts, and it deserves serious treatment when committed to film. Unfortunately, writer-director Shatara Michelle Ford's debut feature leaves much to be desired in its handling of the topic. While the picture's heart may be in the right place -- a look at the often-frustrating handling involved in collecting forensic evidence in a rape case -- its execution of the story often misses the mark. Some issues and events are needlessly stretched out, while others receive short shrift and others still are addressed somewhat flippantly (a genuinely surprising approach in a story like this). I'm certainly not suggesting that the film lacks merit, but it surely could have been constructed more effectively than how it comes across in its current version. Admittedly, this release features some fine performances and intriguing cinematography, but the overall package is uneven, weakening whatever insights the film has to offer. Considerable retooling is necessary to fulfill this offering's potential and to convey the message of a subject that deserves better treatment. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Interesting for sure, and pretty strong for a debut feature. I didn't buy the central relationship at the beginning of the film, but I did start to towards the end. Really harrowing subject matter for this one and it presents it in a pretty thoughtful way. The biggest issue is the music. It's able to draw so much tension out of moments that don't have any of it at all but I find so many of the needle drops to be so off-kilter and confusing. It feels like some of these songs were selected to show contrast and nothing more. Not a bad intent, but my goodness Tchaikovski's "Waltz of the Flowers" from The Nutcracker is such an inappropriate song choice to me for this attempting-to-be-eye-opening film about sexual assault. Had no clue why it was in this movie, let alone the specific scene it was in. Seemed like it only existed for the smash cut away from it, and that isn't motivation to me enough to put in a song that "beautiful" in a film that is anything but. I'd love to hear or see any other interpretations, but I just found the music choices to consistently take me out of the film and completely lose me. Very competent director that I'm sure to check out the next work from, just hope to see the music strategies either changed or reflected more appropriately next time. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member I loved the concept of the movie, however, I think that it could have been more to the evidence of the rape. Like why didn't she ask questions if the officer asked for surveillance of the club. The ending was horrible. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Cave W The agenda overrode the characters and the drama. It was so obviously an Issue Movie that it forgot to be a good movie. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/20/21 Full Review Audience Member Waste of time and money. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member Finally, an indie movie with social relevance that understands film making is more than sticking a camera in the corner while two people talk. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Young couple Renesha (Brittany S. Hall) and Evan (Will Brill) negotiate a variety of questions, judgments, and other comments on their interracial relationship. Yet, the most significant test for the strength of their bond arrives in the form of a brutal sexual assault Renesha suffers. A frantic Evan must then drive the distressed Renesha across the city in hopes of securing a rape kit, encountering further prejudice along the way. Written and directed by Shatara Michelle Ford. Gail Bean, Drew Fuller, and Ben Levin co-star.
      Director
      Shatara Michelle Ford
      Screenwriter
      Shatara Michelle Ford
      Distributor
      Kino Lorber
      Production Co
      120E Films
      Genre
      Drama, Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Feb 12, 2021, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Mar 29, 2021
      Runtime
      1h 22m
      Aspect Ratio
      Flat (1.85:1)
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