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Here is a trailer

https://youtu.be/JKHwqON7qiI

Synopsis

Set in 1950s Pittsburgh, a former Negro League player, now working as a waste collector, struggles to provide for his family and come to terms with the events of his life.

Reviews

The movie of Fences doesn't need Hollywood bells and whistles. This writer, this director and these actors are all the magnificence required to grab your attention and hold it. The time is 1957. The place is Pittsburgh, where Wilson set nine of the 10 plays in his "Century" cycle, each play occurring in a different decade and each meant to illuminate, in the writer's words, "the poetry in the everyday language of black America."

http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/peter-travers-fences-movie-review-w455997

“What about my life?” she asks him in the midst of an especially wrenching confrontation. What is most remarkable about this film is how thoroughly — how painfully, how honestly, how beautifully — it answers that question.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/12/1...zel-washington-viola-davis.html?_r=0&referer=

Fences is a labor of love and attention must be paid. You don’t get writing or acting of this caliber every day, and in this particularly dreary year of second-rate everything, this movie is something special.

http://observer.com/2016/12/fences-movie-review-2016-best-ensemble/

It’s about the past as well as the future. And optimism and deep-seated realism wrestle in its bones.

http://www.vox.com/culture/2016/12/...w-denzel-washington-viola-davis-august-wilson

Lock if old

 

[TheGreatDirector]

I need to see this movie.

 

[Not]

Academy loves Denzel. No chance of an #OscarsSoWhite this year.

 

[Juice]

Trailer looked awesome. Not enough hype for this one

 

[Frozenprince]

If it's as good as the James Earl Jones version I'll be there first showing.

 

[Schattenjäger]

I remember reading the play in high school / really enjoyed it

 

[Ashhong]

Damn this looks great!

 

[Livingskeletons]

If it's as good as the James Earl Jones version I'll be there first showing.

Yeah that version is amazing:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_kGtQmvrVI

 

[Bowdz]

I initially read it as "Feces" with and by Denzel Washington.

 

[djplaeskool]

I remember seeing the play years back. No doubt this adaptation would be amazing.

 

[Borgnine]

I initially read it as "Feces" with and by Denzel Washington.

Everytime.

 

[RastaMentality]

93% on RT. there's complaints it isn't cinematic enough but everyone agrees the acting is an absolute tour de force. denzel and viola (especially viola) at the top of their game it seems.

 

[Frozenprince]

93% on RT. there's complaints it isn't cinematic enough but everyone agrees the acting is an absolute tour de force. denzel and viola (especially viola) at the top of their game it seems.

Even if it's just the play scene for scene with actual sets instead of play props and foley I'm sold.

The play is seminal.

 

[valkillmore]

93% on RT. there's complaints it isn't cinematic enough but everyone agrees the acting is an absolute tour de force. denzel and viola (especially viola) at the top of their game it seems.

A film in 2016 being accused of not being 'cinematic enough?' Sounds like a welcome and long-overdue reprieve. More excited to see it than ever.

 

[LotusHD]

Denzel and Viola are in it. That's really all I needed to know to sell me on it.

 

[andythinkpad]

According to What the Flick, it's kinda static and still feel like a play.

I think Oscar is coming down the La La Land and Moonlight.

 

[daffy]

Yeah that version is amazing:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_kGtQmvrVI

Damn.. shit touched my soul

 

[Frozenprince]

Damn.. shit touched my soul

Dude I feel sick every time he yells lol. Shit hits HARD.

 

[PassiveObserver]

Is it "by" Denzel if August Wilson wrote the play (and screenplay)?

 

[M.W.]

Denzel directing Denzel being Denzel

Tenze as hell

 

[Not]

Neither of them will win an Oscar for this movie

They'll at least be nommed tho

 

[RastaMentality]

Neither of them will win an Oscar for this movie

Who is winning Viola's oscar?

 

[strafer]

Yeah that version is amazing:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_kGtQmvrVI

Is that a young courtney b vance?

EDIT: seems like it

 

[TheFlow]

Viola is already nominated for this.

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

I don't care that it apparently feels like a play in a lot of ways. I'm hyped for this.

 

[kmfdmpig]

The trailer looked amazing. Can't wait.

 

[shintoki]

I want to see viola with that gold

 

[Gabriel_Logan]

Yeah that version is amazing:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_kGtQmvrVI

Jesus Christ, that's great

 

[AquaWateria]

Damn the trailer is straight up fire.

The acting shown was damn good. Denzel and Viola are phenomenal actors.

 

[Desi]

Want to see this so bad guys

 

[Goodstyle]

How does Viola Davis not have an Oscar yet? I assumed she did already.

 

[GoutPatrol]

Yeah that version is amazing:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_kGtQmvrVI

Amazing how different that scene plays out with audience laughter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBTXS42dj40

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Yeah that version is amazing:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_kGtQmvrVI

Damn. That was absolutely amazing.

 

[watershed]

Looks great. Like the kind of intense movie I can only watch every once in a while.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

This looks amazing. The play is great too, so I'll definitely go see this.

 

[HeelPower]

Viola Davis is such a fascinating actress.

Absolute perfection in every single role that she's ever played.

 

[MattKeil]

Even if it's just the play scene for scene with actual sets instead of play props and foley I'm sold.

The play is seminal.

Yup. August Wilson is probably the greatest American playwright of the 20th century. Word is Denzel wants to adapt all 10 of the Century Cycle plays and that would be incredible. Important and great plays that should be far, far better known.

 

[hwalker84]

Saw it last night. Absolutely incredible.

 

[HStallion]

Yup. August Wilson is probably the greatest American playwright of the 20th century. Word is Denzel wants to adapt all 10 of the Century Cycle plays and that would be incredible. Important and great plays that should be far, far better known.

Tennessee Williams is up there as well.

 

[DrBo42]

Saw this, Manchester By the Sea and Moonlight over the break. Hard to imagine Denzel and Viola not going home with Oscar's, definitely the best performances I've seen. Moonlight was also heartbreaking.

 

[Dartastic]

According to What the Flick, it's kinda static and still feel like a play.

I think Oscar is coming down the La La Land and Moonlight.

Saw it on Christmas. Completely agree with this criticism. Movie was good. Not great. Denzel and Viola were incredible, however.

 

[SamuelSupreme]

Movie was amazing. As someone who is recently going through some serious dddy issues a lot of what was portrayed hit home. I wept. Denzel and Viola killed it.

 

[DrBo42]

I definitely agree it feels too much like a play though. While it does feel intentionally claustrophobic and reinforces the "You build fences to keep people out or to keep people in." idea but does negatively affect the film. Probably keeps it from being amazing.

 

[Samurai G0SU]

Wow. i need to see this.

 

[RastaMentality]

The film does feel claustrophobic and jarring at first but I'd say I got fully settled in after the first 30. Viola and Denzel are just on a completely different level from most actors. Viola, especially, is operating at a different level from every actress performance this year. The fact that Michelle Williams is even in contention for Manchester is a disgrace tbh.

If this was a film about early Irish immigrants settling into America and their family drama starring Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep, they'd sweep the oscar acting categories no problem.

 

[theignoramus]

Denzel carried the first half of the movie, Viola Davis the second. Fine performances & fine dialogue, with Denzel's opening monologues being the high points. Think the first 20 minutes of the movie is him talking in a breathless manner but I was there for every word.