2024 · drama
Nickel Boys
Directed by RaMell Ross2h 20m2024
Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.
Our read: Nickel Boys (2024) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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- signature
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