Today, directly echoing the racial tension and divides present in our country, The Birth of a Nation acquires the “timely” badge and earns the difficult processing time it requires of its audiences.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 16, 2024

From start to finish “Birth” keeps you locked in and focused. Parker never loses the potency of his subject matter.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 19, 2022

Instead of inspiring his audience, Parker's desperation to achieve greatness proves transparent, while the quality of filmmaking does not equal his ambitions.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 11, 2022

Whatever one thinks of the messenger, the delivered movie is worthy of attention. It's a film for the here and now, a document that nicely supports the Black Lives Matter movement (and throws shade on the All Lives Matter nonsense).

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 18, 2021

The Birth of a Nation is a fine film that deserves your attention.

| Dec 23, 2020

Fresh visions of hellish cruelties fuel brewing injustices that ever so slowly intensify to a monumental confrontation.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Dec 4, 2020

The script, however, is a paint-by-numbers biopic that benefits greatly from the inherent drama within its story.

| Original Score: 2.0/4.0 | Sep 3, 2020

In short, Parker's film foregoes an honest historical account of a crucial episode, in favor of an ahistorical, quasi-religious "black savior" narrative...

| Aug 7, 2020

The Birth of a Nation tells an important story in American history, and one day, I'm guessing, someone else will tell it better. As it stands, I still think it's an important movie, worth seeing as an example of filmmaking at its most emotionally raw.

| Apr 28, 2020

Once the first act establishes the players and introduces a charming romance for Nat, The Birth of a Nation hits its stride.

| Mar 31, 2020

I have to give Nate Parker a ton of credit for having the drive and the passion for getting The Birth of a Nation made and distributed.

| Feb 13, 2020

Qualms aside, The Birth of a Nation has a couple of potent scenes that get seared in your brain. Parker takes some questionable dramatic licenses, but he's crafted a film that shouldn't be dismissed.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 3, 2020

This darling directed by Nate Parker about a slave revolt crackled with authenticity. Unfortunately a personal issue with the director derailed the film. But cinema shouldn't be judged by the ills and sins of the filmmakers or actors.

| Jan 22, 2020

Actor-turned-director Nate Parker has delivered a rabble-rousing classic of the genre.

| Jan 14, 2020

Parker's passion for the project keeps the ship upright, even when the film veers towards grandiloquence.

| Original Score: 3.75/5 | Dec 7, 2019

Overall, The Birth of a Nation is a solid directorial debut marred by missed creative opportunities.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 13, 2019

There's a sense of rightful restoration and acknowledgment here, a more realistic notion of The Birth of a Nation.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 2, 2019

There's a pulpy, macabre sense of thrill once the rebellion begins and white blood is vengefully spilt, but as in the history books, it's over before it truly begun. It's a shame that a film with so much potential is content simply to clear a low bar.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Jul 16, 2019

The Birth of a Nation is brutal and sad and difficult to watch at times. However, it also shines a light on a dark time in our nation's history and on a story that too many of us know precious little about.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 14, 2019

La utopía del esclavo.

| Original Score: 8/ 10 | Dec 29, 2018