There's more to family than what you see.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer, Jullian Estell, BIll Burr, Mpho Koaho, Anthony Mackie, André Holland, Gillian Jacobs, Jennifer Ehle |
Director |
Mike Binder |
Screenplay | Mike Binder |
Music | Terence Blanchard |
Cinematography | Russ T. Alsobrook |
Editing | Roger Nygard |
Sound formats | |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2014 |
Produced by | BlackWhite, Sunlight Productions, Treehouse Films, Venture Forth |
IMDB page | ScreenIt Report | CommonSenseMedia Report
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Genre | Drama |
Language | Mild to moderate, fairly frequent |
Nudity | None |
Sex | None |
Violence | Mild impact, realistic, infrequent with bloodletting. |
Prejudice | Low impact, infrequent, justified by context, clearly disapproved of contextually |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | None (sic) |
Comments | |
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PG: Parental Guidance Suggested | Rated PG-13 on appeal for brief strong language, thematic material involving drug use and drinking, and for a fight |
Runtime | 121 |
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. |
Suggested age limit 14 + |
Positive messages |
Positive role models |
Violence |
Sex |
Language |
Consumerism |
Drinking, drugs, smoking |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Stephanie Merry Shades of grey in blended kin custody battle. | 5 | |
Die Burger Laetitia Pople Pitkos vir jou siel. | 10 | |
Cape Times Jordan Mintzer A fractured family. | 10 | |
Metacritic.com 30 critics | 9 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 82 critics | 10 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Black or White has more on its mind than your average family drama, but the film's approach to its thought-provoking themes too often lives down to its title. | 7 | |
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics | 11 | |
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Flawed but thoughtful, touching look at race and family. | 10 | |
What the People say | ||
Metacritic.com users 17 users | 16 | |
Rottentomatoes users 12178 users | 14 | |
Internet 1363 Netizens Run, do not walk, to see this film | 13 | |
Average .. 52% | 10 |