This is a perfectly serviceable movie -- it's a drama, it's well-acted, it's well-written. It's working, generally speaking.

| Aug 12, 2019

The emancipation Brian Banks depicts becomes narrative chains in its wake.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 10, 2019

Hodge's resolute performance anchors the film, while the nuanced screenplay from Doug Atchison and lush visual language from cinematographer Ricardo Diaz push it several rungs above prosaic 온라인카지노추천-movie-style fare.

| Aug 9, 2019

Brian Banks almost never surprises us. We know where the story is going. (If it didn't go a certain way, there would be no movie.) Still, it's a well-constructed, well-acted, solidly told tale.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 9, 2019

The true story of a football player falsely accused of sexual assault is lifted by Aldis Hodge in the title role but brought low by a flat, formulaic telling.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 9, 2019

[A] well-intentioned film crippled by its dramatic structure.

| Original Score: C+ | Aug 9, 2019

For "Brian Banks..." it to succeed we have to buy Banks as an exceptional individual, able to rise above adversity and doubts by virtue of his determination, belief in self and overall strength of personality, all of which Hodge urgently conveys.

| Aug 8, 2019

Playing Banks over the course of more than a decade, Hodge consistently makes the movie compelling, even when it veers toward a safe, faith-based uplift.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 8, 2019

"Brian Banks" isn't a great movie, but it is a worthwhile one.

| Aug 8, 2019

All told, "Brian Banks" might be a bit out of step with its moment. Taken on its own, though, it's a solid and satisfying true-life drama.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 8, 2019

"Brian Banks" is an OK look at a grave injustice, the kind of film that you can tell while you're watching it ought to be more inspiring, but never quite is.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 7, 2019

This is a movie that seems utterly convinced that it's saying something profound, but proves difficult to actually parse.

| Original Score: C- | Aug 7, 2019

A Lifetime movie-like drama that falls short of engaging with the many thorny issues it dramatizes.

| Original Score: C- | Aug 7, 2019

The story pulls you along, traveling a long, winding path from wrongful conviction to exoneration.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 7, 2019

This movie needed a grittier treatment.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 6, 2019

Not only are the women in the film completely underwritten (with Kennisha's depiction particularly woeful), but Shadyac and Atchison also don't really do any favors for their eponymous hero either.

| Aug 6, 2019

[A] painful reminder of how young black people still face overwhelming disadvantages.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 6, 2019

The real Brian Banks, the subject of this movie, lived through an ordeal that was tragic, inspiring and often profound. However, something is lost in this one-dimensional retelling of his life experiences.

| Jul 31, 2019

"Brian Banks" may be a football player's underdog story, but this is no conventional sports movie.

| Oct 1, 2018

Hodge's performance is what keeps the film on track. He is powerful in scenes of anger, but he may be even better in purely silent moments where his unspoken reactions are eloquent.

| Sep 26, 2018