Buy tickets if you want emotional storytelling which sheds light on a serious and recurring problem in society.

| May 18, 2021

Colin Warner's story deserves to be heard, but it also deserved a better presentation that kept its audience's engagement.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Sep 25, 2020

A good film telling a great story.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 5, 2020

The strength of the two central performances is what makes Crown Heights worth watching.

| Original Score: B | Jul 13, 2020

Ruskin's approach to the material can be dry and rushed at times, but Stanfield's open-faced desperation is remarkable and stirring as he once again transforms himself.

| May 13, 2020

One of its best elements is how it offers a glimpse into what true, dedicated friendship means.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 18, 2019

Crown Heights is a gripping film that touches audience's hearts but makes them think as well, but it also might be a star-making role for the remarkable Lakeith Stanfield.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Apr 26, 2019

Crown Heights is underwritten, but Colin Warner's story deserves to be heard and you could do much worse than this earnest and watchable retelling populated with confident performances.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 4, 2019

Crown Heights was simply an amazing movie to me. It gives you a slightly different perspective of the prison system. I thought it was great to see the effects of what prison life could do an actual innocent person.

| Original Score: 8.5/10 | Feb 6, 2019

The story of Colin Warner is just one of many, one of many heartbreaking stories where justice isn't served.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 31, 2018

Even though [the actors] excel, the constant ping-ponging back and forth to make sure everything is included does subvert their success.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Oct 10, 2018

It's an impressive, quietly powerful film that will stay with you long after the final credits roll.

| Aug 30, 2018

[Lakeith Stanfield] infuses Haitian-born Colin Warner's true story with a simmering immediacy that feels at odds with director Matt Ruskin's banal approach to history and social justice.

| Aug 21, 2018

Writer/Director Matt Ruskin never lets the audience get a sense of the characters outside the mechanics of the injustice they are currently suffering through, which he often skims over like he's trying to race to get to the end credits.

| May 9, 2018

With a solid cast and a mostly strong script, Crown Heights delivers the dramatic goods in this riveting tale of a man imprisoned for a crime he did not commit.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 24, 2018

The performance by Stanfield is exceptional.

| Original Score: B | Jan 19, 2018

Crown Heights is a searing film with quality performances and sometimes shaky accents.

| Dec 27, 2017

Expect to be outraged when you see an African-American man incarcerated for 21 years for a crime he did not commit.

| Original Score: B | Dec 26, 2017

Crown Heights might not be greater than the sum of its parts - an invigorating true story performed by a stellar cast - but with parts this great, it's worth your time.

| Dec 18, 2017

Crown Heights works when it is focusing on Colin's mental torment and how he is holding up throughout the agonizing sentence

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 6, 2017