Since much of the action takes place in the tiny apartment, director Petrie had to pull out all the stops to keep it from being stage-bound, and, with the help of cinematographer Lawton, he succeeded.
At once a searing, affirming and defiant portrayal of race, poverty and frustrated aspiration in America.
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Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
A superlative cast vividly captures the turbulence of this classic drama about the constrictions caused by race in postwar Chicago.
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Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
A very fine and strongly acted, if somewhat stagebound, adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's great, moving African-American family drama. [06 Apr 2007, p.C8]