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American Violet
2009 1h 43m PG-13
Drama
6.9
75%
79%
67%
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A single mother struggles to clear her name after being wrongly accused and arrested for dealing drugs in an impoverished Texas town.
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Directed By
Tim Disney
Written By
Bill Haney
Studio
Uncommon Productions
Cast of American Violet
Nicole Beharie
Dee Roberts
Tim Blake Nelson
David Cohen
Will Patton
Sam Conroy
Michael O'Keefe
Calvin Beckett
Malcolm Barrett
Byron Hill
Xzibit
Darrell Hughes
Charles S. Dutton
Reverend Sanders
Alfre Woodard
Alma Roberts
Tim Ware
Mark Shelby
Paul David Story
David Higgins
David Warshofsky
Robert Foster
Lucinda Jenney
Leona Conroy
Karimah Westbrook
Claudia Johnson
Paul Guilfoyle
Judge Belmont
Pamela Tyson
Gladys Williams
Scott A. Martin
Jerry Arnold
Michael Scialabba
Willis
John Will Clay
Franklin
Myra Nakia Christophe
Sherice Roberts
Za'mari Breedlove
Shardonda Roberts
Mya Cherie Christophe
Laquisha Roberts
Mariah Marisa Christophe
Tanya Roberts
Janet Shea
Helen
Portia Cue
Laquathia
Deneen Tyler
Suzzannha
Tarra Riggs
Lavosha
Zardis Nichols
Gayzeen
Lance E. Nichols
Mr. Moss
Samantha Beaulieu
Mrs. Lloyd
Sue Rock
Elizabeth Beckett
Lindsey Soileau
Julie Beckett
Renell Gibbs
James LeRay (uncredited)
Anthony Mackie
Eddie Porter (uncredited)
Defecio Stoglin
Brian Green (uncredited)
Allen Boudreaux
Lawyer (uncredited)
American Violet Reviews
New York Post
Kyle Smith
Its blaring earnestness and thin characters (all of whom practically wear badges identifying them as good or evil) fail to add nuance to a story that keeps making the same point in virtually every predictable scene.
Detroit News
Tom Long
A well-played if too-familiar story of oppression and injustice.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
Director Tim Disney and screenwriter Bill Haney lay out Dee's story with a minimum of fuss. They are smart enough to realize that the material is compelling all on its own.
San Francisco Chronicle
Jonathan Curiel
American Violet dramatizes Kelly's case, and does so in a way that will leave audiences applauding in their seats -- and wondering how much of the film is true.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
A torn-from-the-headlines tale of institutional racism and injustice in the Lone Star State of not-so-long-ago, American Violet might not be subtle, but it's certainly powerful.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
This flaw in the justice system might affect anyone, but American Violet shows how easily it can be racialized in a place where hardened social attitudes combine with drugs and poverty to create a permanent black underclass.
Houston Chronicle
Amy Biancolli
A conventional but wholly gripping docudrama.
Los Angeles Times
Betsy Sharkey
The narrative is infused with chilling facts, and the filmmakers know how to build their case, but a drama demands more.
Seattle Times
John Hartl
While it may be about as subtle as a swinging sledgehammer, it does leave its mark.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
American Violet feels less like life and unreasonably more like the movies.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
American Violet, which is based on real events that took place in late 2000, has the quasi-documentary feel of a well-made television drama.
AV Club
Scott Tobias
The film is more affecting than it ought to be, thanks to a loaded cast that includes Alfre Woodard, Tim Blake Nelson, Will Patton, Charles Dutton, and the rapper and sometime actor Xzibit.
Newsday
John Anderson
American Violet is a justice story, with some honest justice. It's nicely reassuring that it happens to be true.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Movingly told and packed with powerful subject matter.
Reel Talk Online
Candice Frederick
It's beautifully told, passionate and sensitive to the true story and the victims that lived it.
Beliefnet
Nell Minow
Nicole Beharie makes one of the most thrilling feature film debuts in years.
Movie Retriever
Brian Tallerico
Thematically, there's a lot to like here, but the execution couldn't be more heavy-handed and two-dimensional.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
What does it taste like? There's a slight aftertaste of force-feeding, to be sure. But mostly, thanks to excellent, nuanced performances by Beharie, Woodard, Nelson and Patton, it tastes like justice.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
A docudrama that may have an outcome we already know, but is a loud lesson about truth, justice and the Texas Way.
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
An artlessly powerful performance by newcomer Nicole Behaire anchors American Violet, an instructive, sturdily built drama based on a true story worth teaching.
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