Drama

Nickel Boys

2025
★ 6.9 / 10
A powerful friendship develops between two young Black men as they navigate the harrowing trials of reform school together.
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Reviews
★★★★★
'Nickel Boys' tries new methods in the film. The camera stays at the eye-level of young Elwood, and this is effective because it embodies the happy and cozy childhood of small Elwood. This eye-level camera movement implies that he's taken care of, given attent...
★★★★★
Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Nickel Boys, a harrowing tale of abuse at a reform school during the Jim Crow era, deserved a cinematic adaptation that captured its potent grief and unflinching brutality. Unfortunately, RaMell Ross's film...
★★★★★
This is by no means a bad film, but it is a frustrating one. Sure, we all appreciate a movie that tries to do something different-but let's not confuse "different" with "successful." The film is shot in a POV style where the camera is meant to represent the c...
★★★★★
I enjoyed the artistic stylings of the cinematography. They were as much a part of the story as the plot and characters. This was hard to watch mostly becausse of the unfortunate truths it portrayed. Injustice is never an easy thing to swallow. At least for...
★★★★★
The story this movie tells is fantastic and heart wrenching. The acting is superb. At times the director makes brilliant choices. Ok done with the good stuff. What a train wreck. Seriously. I think this director has a great future, but he threw everything int...
Trailer
Nickel Boys Official Trailer
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