Undoubtedly a great movie could have been made of this still unhealed scab on the body politic. But "Rosewood," John Singleton's film of these events, isn't it.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 5, 2020

Singleton's main goal is the vivid re-creation of mob violence, and he achieves it expertly.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 5, 2020

Singleton's boldness is invigorating _ and merciless.

| Jun 5, 2020

The fact that Rosewood takes time to understand its demons is an uncommon touch for any film that addresses such an inflammatory topic.

| Original Score: A- | Jun 5, 2020

A unique and shining example of telling the stories of our past that need to be told, lest their lessons be lost forever.

| Jun 5, 2020

Harrowing this may be, but the concessions to commercialism rob it of much of its genuine power.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 5, 2020

Action-packed historical drama; some violence.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 28, 2020

America has not truly dealt with the race massacres that happened far too often early in the 20th century, and this filmmaker, aware of that, did his part to raise awareness.

| Jul 16, 2019

Singleton brings the images and underlying psychological truths of American racial violence to the screen with a brute dramatic force that few directors have matched.

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 7, 2011

At its best, Rosewood touches a still-raw nerve.

| Jul 6, 2010

Rhames' gravity and grace, Voight's pinched anguish as he wills himself to do right, the moving work of actors like Don Cheadle and Esther Rolle do much to redeem this film for human if not historical reality.

| Apr 28, 2010

The intentions are unassailable: to dramatize a forgotten injustice and sear it into contemporary memory so it's never allowed to happen again. But the movie is long and didactic, undermined by the faintly pious air of an educational slide show.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 28, 2010

Although it increasingly succumbs to a tendency toward conventional movie heroics, John Singleton's fourth film tells a story of rare interest and tragedy...

Full Review | Oct 18, 2008

Stirring story, indifferently realized.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 15, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 21, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: B | Jul 14, 2005

John Singleton, with Rosewood, proves himself to be a capable and talented director, bringing to life a piece of violent American history that some would have preferred left unremembered.

| Original Score: B- | Apr 9, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 7, 2005

Gripping and pretty darn tense historical drama.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 3, 2005

...the more the body count mounts, the more cartoonish the movie seems, and the less we care.

Full Review | Original Score: C- | Jan 29, 2005