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Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Colson Whitehead, NICKEL BOYS chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.


Score: 4.1

90%
"Director RaMell Ross' stylistically radical
approach to adapting Colson Whitehead's searing novel will be jarring for some,
but Nickel Boys' sense of immersion achieves the jaw-dropping effect of walking
in another's shoes."
Rotten Tomatoes
"A clear masterpiece held together by visual
splendor and idiosyncratic performances."
RogerEbert.com
"Pure sense and subjectivity in a way that evokes
the same visual magic of Ross’ documentary work, Nickel Boys so viscerally and
fundamentally centers the experience of its young Black characters that even
the most racist brand of revisionist history could never hope to deny their
truth."
IndieWire
"This is a survivor’s coming of age: tough,
disillusioned, brilliant."
The Guardian
"What the filmmaker and his collaborators have
given us is something truly special: a radical work of art that channels a
tsunami of radical empathy. And it couldn’t feel more necessary or vital at
this moment in time."
Rolling Stone
"Nickel Boys is a triumph. Its unique approach
brings a new dimension to its source material, while amplifying the emotional
resonance between the present and a horrifying past."
Empire

