Yelling to the Sky

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Yelling to the Sky

2011

1h 34m

Drama

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Sweetness is left to fend for herself as her family falls apart.

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Kyle Smith

New York Post

This is grim, bleak material that at times is monotonous, but its woe feels authentic.

Rated: 2.5/4

Dec 14, 2012

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Manohla Dargis

New York Times

Not much happens in story terms, but the film swirls with emotions that make it by turns grim and amusing, heavy and light, obvious and vague.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 13, 2012

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Mark Jenkins

NPR

Mahoney barely explains her characters' circumstances, which makes the movie obliquely intriguing. But whenever the story comes into focus, it's revealed as fairly conventional.

Dec 13, 2012

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Yelling to the Sky comes across like a frenetic bag of disenfranchised teen angst that is never clearly spelled out.

Aug 6, 2019

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Clay Cane

BET.com

Even though 'Yelling to the Sky' tumbles, Victoria Mahoney shows great promise as a director.

Rated: C

Aug 25, 2011

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Lee Marshall

Screen International

Though the film and its director undoubtedly have a great deal of heart and passion, too many scenes feel like actors' workshop exercises.

Feb 14, 2011

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walter m

If every family is each unhappy in their own unique way, then the O'Hara family has hit the jackpot. First, Ola(Antonique Smith) and Sweetness(Zoe Kravitz) have to face bullies on the way home from school, before having to suffer under the hand of their abusive and alcoholic father(Jason Clarke), as their mother(Yolonda Ross) is pretty much catatonic. And then Ola gets pregnant which takes her away from her sister. So to recap. We have bullying, alcoholism, physical abuse, mental illness, and teenage pregnancy. Did I leave anything out? Wait, there's also drug abuse, yet to come. In other words, with "Yelling to the Sky," there is just one awful and miserable situation without any kind of plot or story to really speak of. So, that just goes to show you how good an actor Jason Clarke really is, as he gives a master tutorial on how to build a character out of absolutely nothing. And I have never been so glad to see Tim Blake Nelson in anything before this.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Too many questions unanswered...I need full resolution.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Part coming of age story, part kitchen sink drama set in Queens, NY, this is the story of a half African American, half Irish American girl trying to find her way in a bleak, unforgiving family and school environment. Convincing acting, but the storyline is a little conventional.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Huh? I'm confused...

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Really moving film, I enjoyed it!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Such a deep movie. Zoe Kravtiz gives a stellar performance as Sweetness. It's the kind of thing that sneaks on the inside of you and holds fast. It provides no easy answers, no apologies. It is blunt and real. Worth watching.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Synopsis

Sweetness is left to fend for herself as her family falls apart.

Director: Victoria Mahoney
Producer: Diane Houslin, Victoria Mahoney, Ged Dickersin, Billy Mulligan
Screenwriter: Victoria Mahoney
Production Co: YTTS LLC
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 10, 2016
Runtime: 1h 34m

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