Sounder
Drama
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1972
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The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.
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Rated:
G
Runtime:
105 min
Release date:
24 Sep 1972
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. 5 wins & 12 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Director Martin Ritt soaks us in the heat, the beauty, the racism and the buzzing cicadas of Louisiana.
– Michael Booth,
Denver Post,
3 Apr 2007
rotten:
Ritt's film must respond to the needs of an entertainment industry, and in its desire to be uplifting, leaves its characters one-dimensional without ensuring that the one dimension is heroic.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
rotten:
If Sounder, an inteligent enough movie, avoids all the major pitfalls of its type, it also lacks the excitement that may have come from plumbing greater depths and discovering a few tougher, less accessible insights.
– Roger Greenspun,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
fresh:
It is one of the most compassionate and truthful of movies, and there's not a level where it doesn't succeed completely.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
fresh:
Painfully honest, unpretentious, and blessedly simple.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000