Pariah
Who do you become when you can't be yourself?
Who do you become when you can't be yourself?
Drama
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2011
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A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.
Director:
,
Dee Rees
Cast:
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Details
Rated:
R
Runtime:
86 min
Release date:
27 Dec 2011
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$500,000
Revenue:
$769,552
Awards:
15 wins & 28 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
If the destination is trite, the journey isn't - it comes with an ample supply of raw honesty.
– Rick Groen,
Globe and Mail,
13 Jan 2012
fresh:
"Pariah" is a small film about a big subject: the struggle to be who you are, not who others would like you to be.
– Calvin Wilson,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
20 Jan 2012
fresh:
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.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
20 Jan 2012
rotten:
Rees brings a heartfelt connection to the material, based on her own coming-out story, but the film's ingredients aren't the freshest.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
22 Jan 2012
fresh:
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?
– John Anderson,
Newsday,
17 Feb 2012