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Rosewood

Rosewood

1997
Drama, Action
2h 20m
Rosewood is the true story of an almost unknown incident in a small Florida town, (fictionalized, but faithful to the known facts, as documented in a 1994 report by the Florida Legislature). The town was inhabited almost entirely by quiet, "middle-class" African- Americans (most of them home and land owners and better off than average at the time.) On New Year's day, 1923, the town was wiped off the face of the earth by angry whites from a neighboring community. (Allmovie.com)

Directed by:

John Singleton

Screenwriter:

Gregory Poirier

Starring:

Don Cheadle, Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Michael Rooker, Bruce McGill, Robert Patrick, Muse Watson, Mark Boone Junior, Loren Dean, Elise Neal, Jaimz Woolvett, Esther Rolle

Genres:

Drama, Action

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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Rosewood

1997
Drama, Action
2h 20m
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naurunauru
Rated 07 Jun 2014
67
69th
Well this is a particularly dark chapter of American history. As grim as this film is, it is a heavily sanitized version of a truly gruesome story. Go read what actually happened; this film actually omits some of the most disgusting and disturbing parts. Ving Rhames is a boss, so is Don Cheadle. And has there ever been anyone more convincing in the role of inbred hillbilly than Michael Rooker?
Rated 07 Jun 2014
moribunnyMoribunny
Rated 13 Apr 2022
40
27th
I appreciate this for showing a piece of U.S. history that most Americans would prefer to forget. But for all its intent to show unmitigated evil and atrocity porn, this is fictionalized, Hollywoodized, glossy to a cynical degree, and set to relentless terrible orchestral music. I wasn't expecting painstaking realism from this (else it would have been too horrific for theatrical release), but it didn't have to be so fake either. Also, how is Jon Voight a Republican?
Rated 13 Apr 2022
doyler29doyler29
Rated 22 Jan 2020
40
7th
I wanted to like this film. It's a story that needs to be told. I don't think this movie tells it very well. The characters are thinly drawn, the plot jumps around with little explanation of anyone's motives, and the physical geography of the town it is set in is never really laid out in a coherent manner. It felt like a TV movie ... high melodrama and exploitative content served at a very low budget.
Rated 22 Jan 2020
gsbgsb
Rated 15 Nov 2015
80
78th
I remembered I first watched this in class with a room full white of people. Awkward. And though at first, I thought the story was too simple and very heavy handed, I've come to appreciate how it doesn't try to sugarcoat American racism, in a way so many movies do. Plus, it has black protagonists who *gasp* actually talk to each other!
Rated 15 Nov 2015
thedicemanTheDiceman
Rated 04 Aug 2013
65
73rd
Good film.
Rated 04 Aug 2013
amadeusAmadeus
Rated 12 Jun 2012
74
77th
a requiem for the historical Massacre. Black man's Schindler's List. salute to To Kill a Mockingbird & El Topo.
Rated 12 Jun 2012
easydiffeasydiff
Rated 26 Mar 2012
72
79th
Great, but so depressing. Nothing ever turns out OK in the antebellum south for black people, and even the happiest Oskar-Schindler-ending still feels like a Pyhrric victory at best.
Rated 26 Mar 2012
catscandalCatScandal
Rated 10 Dec 2011
45
47th
i recommend just reading a book about rosewood, honestly. the story itself is powerful, but the poor filmmaking brings you out of it repeatedly. this would score even lower but let's be real, ving rhames and don cheadle are awesome.
Rated 10 Dec 2011
hellboy76hellboy76
Rated 19 Feb 2011
68
65th
Overlooked little period drama with a decent amount of action. Rhames and Voight are solid.
Rated 19 Feb 2011
glmglm
Rated 10 Jan 2011
77
59th
77.250
Rated 10 Jan 2011
tinythedoggtinythedogg
Rated 21 Feb 2010
90
94th
Well told and sad story to watch. Not too sure about how accurate this was but it is still sad to see things like this happen no matter what time period this was. Awesome acting and very interesting characters and interesting to see how they developed through out the movie.
Rated 21 Feb 2010
nunstranglernunstrangler
Rated 28 Nov 2009
71
60th
Accurately shows the tensions present between blacks and whites of the time. Voight's character is not overly romanticized as the great white hope. The real hero is the reticent Rhames, a fictitious blend of real-life characters and Hollywood machismo. Both performances are strong and film succeeds as a detailed visual reminder of country's tragic history. Real-life survivors of the bloodshed finally won reparation from the Florida legislature in 1993.
Rated 28 Nov 2009

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