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Rosewood (1997) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Rosewood (1997) a score of 2.9107 out of 4

based on (60) reviews

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Excellent

(12)

Very Good

(40)

Good

(8)

Fair

(0)

Poor

(0)

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Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)

Feels authentic because it simply doesn't try too hard....read the complete Rosewood (1997) review at Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)

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Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)

As the village is destroyed, its people humiliated, hunted down, and murdered, Singleton brings the images and underlying psychological truths of American racial violence to the screen with a brute dramatic force that few directors have matched....read the complete Rosewood (1997) review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)

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Washington Post (Desson Thomson)

Making a film about mob violence while showing restraint and humanism is a difficult procedure. Singleton and screenwriter Poirier search for some gradations within the white ranks, but for the most part, every cracker's a psycho with a short, smoking...read the complete Rosewood (1997) review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)