George Washington

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George Washington

Released Sep 29, 2000,

1h 30m,

Drama

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Set in the landscape of a rural southern town, George Washington is a stunning portrait of how a group of young kids come to grips with a hard world of choices and consequences. During an innocent game in an abandoned amusement park, a member of the group dies. Narrated by one of the children, the film follows the kids as they struggle to balance their own ambitions and relationships against a tragic lie.

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Languid and melancholy, George Washington is a carefully observed rumination on adolescence and rural life.

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Scott Tobias

The Dissolve

George Washington is a mood piece first, and its triumph is in bottling up the intense feeling of early adolescence, and watching how tragedy transforms it.

Rated: 4.5/5 •

Mar 10, 2014

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

Entertainment Weekly

Rated: B+ •

Sep 7, 2011

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

You have to bring a lot of yourself to this film if you want it to give something back, but the rewards are considerable.

Jul 18, 2007

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

As charming and endearing as it is tragic, Green started out of the gate with a masterpiece of a film that defies expectations of what defines independent cinema.

Rated: 4/5 •

Nov 4, 2020

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Christopher Long

Movie Metropolis

An exceptionally beautiful movie with some winning performances from a young and unproven cast,

Rated: 7/10 •

Mar 19, 2014

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Burl Burlingame

Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Oh, you could analyze and debate and dissect the individual vignettes to smithereens, which is what makes it literary, I 'spect. But that would be too much like homework.

Rated: 3/4 •

Jul 5, 2011

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Oaklee D

A unique coming of age drama film that feels inspired by the movie Stand By Me. This film fills you with uncertainty from beginning to end and leaves you with your thoughts afterwards. Such a great watch and I definitely recommend it.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/30/24

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geoff r

In the top five American indie films of the last 25 years. A masterwork.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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jordan m

I liked this way more than I thought I would after seeing that this was the same director that made Halloween Kills. I've seen a fair number of movies where the goal is to portray fiction as if it was a documentary but I think this one does it best. There were a strong handful of scenes where you notice the camerawork, giving the impression that the fly on the wall found the best possible angle to watch the scenes unfold. The second-act plot twist really took me and that entire scene is surprisingly suspenseful. I did have trouble believing the plot point about the boy's life being in danger if his head got wet; I'm sure there are birth defects about the skull not hardening but I wouldn't think getting wet would harm a soft head. It would have fit the plot just as well and been more believable for them to say he couldn't go underwater lest the increased pressure kill him or something like that. Anyway, a minor knock on what really was a great movie. Kudos!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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dave s

George Washington is the moving story of children coming to terms with the harsh realities of life in a small town in North Carolina. Their hopes and dreams are shattered when one of them is killed while playing an innocent game, leaving them with a sober understanding of their fate in life. This debut by director David Gordon Green, who would go on to direct such wildly disparate films as Pineapple Express and Halloween, is a languid and meditative examination of how friends, family, and the environment shape our lives. The non-professional child actors, who do a great job, bring to light the fact that despite the seemingly insurmountable odds against them, there is always hope.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Synopsis

Set in the landscape of a rural southern town, George Washington is a stunning portrait of how a group of young kids come to grips with a hard world of choices and consequences. During an innocent game in an abandoned amusement park, a member of the group dies. Narrated by one of the children, the film follows the kids as they struggle to balance their own ambitions and relationships against a tragic lie.

Director: David Gordon Green
Producer: David Gordon Green, Sacha W. Mueller, Lisa Muskat
Screenwriter: David Gordon Green
Distributor: Cowboy Pictures
Production Co: Y Production, Blue Moon Productions, Down Home Entertainment, Code Red, Youandwhatarmy Filmed Challenges
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 29, 2000, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 23, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $241.8K
Runtime: 1h 30m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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