Fresh
This is grim, bleak material that at times is monotonous, but its woe feels authentic.
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Overview
As her family falls apart, seventeen year old Sweetness O'Hara is left to fend for herself in a neighborhood where her survival is uncertain.
Director and cast
- Victoria Mahoney Director
- Zoë Kravitz as Sweetness O'Hara
- Jason Clarke as Gordon O'Hara
- Antonique Smith as Ola Katherine O'Hara
- Tim Blake Nelson as Coleman
- Gabourey Sidibe as Latonya Williams
- Sonequa Martin-Green as Jojo Parker
- Tariq Trotter as Roland
- Shareeka Epps as Fatima Harris
- Marc John Jefferies as Lil' Man
- Adam Tomei as Cal
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
40%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Not much happens in story terms, but the film swirls with emotions that make it by turns grim and amusing, heavy and light, obvious and vague.
Manohla Dargis, New York Times
Rotten
Mahoney barely explains her characters' circumstances, which makes the movie obliquely intriguing. But whenever the story comes into focus, it's revealed as fairly conventional.
Mark Jenkins, NPR
Fresh
"Yelling" is a prosaic look at a hard life. Like Sweetness, the movie finds its way by instinct.
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
Rotten
Little more than a resume film for all involved, it certainly feels more Park City than Bushwick.
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
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