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Name: Monsters and Men
Released: 2018-9-28
Cast: John David Washington, Anthony Ramos, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Chanté Adams, Jasmine Cephas Jones

Monsters and Men

R
1h 36m
2018

84%

age 15+

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When a young father witnesses the police shooting of an unarmed black man, the tight-knit community of Bed-Stuy is pushed to the brink in Reinaldo Marcus Green's Sundance Award-winning portrait of race, family, and consequence.

Director:

Reinaldo Marcus Green

Producer:

Elizabeth Lodge Stepp, Josh Penn, Eddie Vaisman, Luca Borghese, Julia Lebedev

Writer:

Reinaldo Marcus Green

Cast:

John David Washington, Anthony Ramos, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Chanté Adams, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Cara Buono, Rob Morgan, Nicole Beharie

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

84%

Critics Consensus: Well-acted and visually stylish, Monsters and Men tells its timely story with enough compassion and complexity to make up for occasionally uneven execution.

Reviews

Drink in the Movies

Taylor Baker

Episode 28: Piercing / Monsters and Men / Thunder Road / Destroyer

The film, marking the directorial debut of Reinaldo Marcus Green, presents a fickle study of the consequences of police brutality on American society, but lacks the necessary depth to complete the narrative thesis. [Full review in Spanish]

Too insipid to justify its creative choices, it feels likes a victim of its own civility.

Sombre, gritty, timely and full of understated indignation but lacks a gratifying conclusion.

This is a hugely impressive calling card from [writer and director Reinaldo Marcus] Green, and one that deserves to be seen by as many people as possible.

February 6, 2020

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 15+

Common Sense Says

Superb race-relations drama has language, tension.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that Monsters and Men is a serious, complex drama about strained relations between police and urban minority communities. Expect some strong language, including "f--k," "s--t," the "N" word, and more. Though no violence is shown on-screen, a shooting is heard repeatedly and is the movie's central plot point. Cigarettes and a packet of drugs are seen, but they aren't used obviously. A couple is shown in bed, presumably after having sex. The outstanding young cast includes John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman), Kelvin Harrison Jr. (It Comes at Night), and Anthony Ramos and Jasmine Cephas Jones of Broadway's Hamilton. Central characters act courageously, and the film brings up important, timely issues.