Fruitvale Station

Every step brings you closer to the edge.

Based on a true story about a young man who wakes up one morning and decides to turn his life around by treating the people in his life better. The day starts well but as it goes on things get progressively more difficult, finally ending in tragedy at the Fruitvale subway stop in the early hours of New Years day. This film has won several major awards.

No persons under 16 (Language, Violence, Prejudice).
Biographical, Drama, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Let's hope tomorrow is better than today ...

Credits

Cast	Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Octavia Spencer, Kevin Durand, Char Michael Murray, Ahna O'Reilly, Ariana Neal
Director	Ryan Coogler
Screenplay	Ryan Coogler
Music	Ludwig Güransson
Cinematography	Rachel Morrison
Editing	claudia Castello, Michael P. Shawver
Sound formats	Dolby Digital
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2013
Produced by	Forest Whitaker's Significant Productions, OG Project

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama
Language	Frequent, strong, aggressive
Nudity	None
Sex	One brief, implied scene, mild impact
Violence	Infrequent, strong, brutal, strong impact
Prejudice	Two integral incidents, moderate impact
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 16 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Die Burger Rozanne Els Teen logika in bly hy hoop.	15
ScreenIt C. Fuchs What's presented here is good, and it's an important film to see for its coverage of the subject matter that unfortunately is still making headlines. But the overall offering didn't devastate or wow me as it has some of my contemporaries.	13
Metacritic.com 43 critics	17
Rottentomatoes critics 161 critics	16
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Passionate and powerfully acted, Fruitvale Station serves as a celebration of life, a condemnation of death, and a triumph for star Michael B. Jordan.	19
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	16
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation	15
What the People say
Internet 27301 Netizens Let's hope greater exposure gets this film more intelligent reviews	15
Average .. 79%	16