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Pariah
Directed by
Dee Rees
R
2011
86m
Drama
7.2
95%
82%
6.8
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A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.
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Pariah Ratings & Reviews
Autostraddle
Spectra Speaks
The acting and directing create a winning combination for unlocking the most powerful tool in social change: empathy.
Autostraddle
Natalie
Pariah was honed over seven years...and the film that results is a stunning achievement.
Bitch Media
Alyx Vesey
To me, a film that engenders that sort of hope and possibility is worth gas money, an $8 ticket, and a trip to the concession stand.
Reel Talk Online
Candice Frederick
Each character is so real, like someone you may know, which makes Pariah a real comfort.
Newsday
John Anderson
The gay coming-of-age story's been done, but "Pariah" has something fresh to say, largely about the knotty complexities of love, and how they might keep someone in the closet: How badly do you need to be free, to hurt the people you love?
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
The first word I muttered under my breath after watching writer/director Dee Rees' Pariah, an expansion of her award-winning short film of the same name, was, "Wow."
Detroit News
Tom Long
You don't have to be black or lesbian or even know someone who's gay to appreciate "Pariah"; you just have to have gone through or be going through the process of growing up.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Calvin Wilson
"Pariah" is a small film about a big subject: the struggle to be who you are, not who others would like you to be.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
Rees tells Alike's story in vignettes that are sometimes slapstick, sometimes heartbreaking, always tender.
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
Especially rewarding about Oduye's performance is how she's able to portray that frustration while retaining hope and optimism.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
"Pariah" feels a lot like life, at its most confusing, contradictory and exhilarating.
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Leonard Maltin
First-time feature filmmaker Dee Rees has crafted a movie that is consistently riveting because it is steeped in truth. She and her cast never once strike a false note.
Dallas Morning News
Chris Vognar
Adepero Oduye is excellent as a Brooklyn teen coming to terms with her sexual identity in this gritty film
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
The originality lies in the details, and the dramatic energy that sustains almost every scene.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
An eloquent, haunting coming-of-age/ coming-out tale...
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
"Pariah'' really feels like something rare.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Rees packs a lot into a simple narrative, and only rarely overpacks.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The film is an impressive debut for writer-director Dee Rees.
NPR
Ella Taylor
Pariah is a tender, sporadically goofy, yet candid examination of emergent identity.
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