Jay Will, who plays Rob Peace, is excellent in this.

| Sep 16, 2024

The movie takes shape as an uplifting multiplex entertainment.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 5, 2024

In his follow-up to “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,” Chiwetel Ejiofor makes noticeable improvements as a filmmaker through a real-life story that, while often unfocused, features piercing moments of dramatic and political engagement

| Aug 27, 2024

Chiwetel Ejiofor proves more earnest than skillful at bringing heartfelt complexity to another tale of whiz-kid promise and resourcefulness.

| Aug 19, 2024

A kind of movie that doesn't get made too often anymore.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 16, 2024

Based on Jeff Hobbs’ book, Ejifor’s sobering and engrossing feature relates its sad story well...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 14, 2024

“Rob Peace” is a movie at odds with itself. That’s its great strength.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 13, 2024

All told, the movie delivers a well-earned emotional gut punch that refreshingly does not come from perpetuating the physical and systemic violence it aims to shed light upon.

| Aug 1, 2024

“Rob Peace” isn’t the story of an “Ivy League drug dealer”; it’s the story of a human being who deserved way better than what society gave him.

| Feb 27, 2024

The things that elevate Chiwetel Ejiofor’s film are those that elevated Rob Peace’s life overall.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 26, 2024

Ejiofor opts for a syrupy lens, banal dialogue filled with platitudes, and cardboard characters.

| Jan 24, 2024

Earnestly told and intelligently acted by [Jay Will] in his first major film role, Rob Peace still suffers from the usual biographical drama cliches, confused cutting, and an often too blunt script.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 23, 2024

In trying to dramatise the complexities of Rob Peace’s life, Rob Peace ends up feeling merely muddled.

| Jan 23, 2024

Rob is turned from stereotype to person, thanks to Will’s incredible work and Ejiofor’s unwavering commitment to capturing a full life, supported by Rob’s mother off screen.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 23, 2024

Evokes genuine emotions despite a traditional framework.

| Jan 23, 2024