Civil Brand
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Clifton Powell, LisaRaye, Monica Calhoun, Mos Def, N'Bushe Wright Director: Neema Barnette Brand: Lions Gate DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language) Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled Running Time: 95 minutes DVD Release Date: 2004-01-27 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Studio: Lions Gate Product features:
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Movie Reviews of Civil Brand
Movie Review: VERY Important subject matter, but unfortunately a
Summary: 3 Stars
pretty much mediocre presentation. The acting ranged from surprisingly good to passable, the characters were decently developed in moist cases, the script fairly tight except for a few small holes. But for some reason, the film doesn't hold together as well as it should. One major problem is the director trying to get way too artistic with the camerawork (flashes, fades to B&W, repeats, etc) instead of just telling the story. That actually made the film look far more amateurish than it really was. Second, there was too much time spent on several scenes (solitary, for example), when that time would have been better spent on, perhaps, more/additional character development and/or fleshing out. Third, some of the script was a little too melodramatic. Still; NOT your typical women-in-prison flick, but definitely 10 notches above in intelligence. The crime is it could have been way, way more.
Oh... unlike others, I don't classify movies as "white" or "black," but as movies, plain and simple.