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Pariah


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The Christian Sciene Monitor
She makes us feel Alike’s emotional conflicts in an almost kinesthetic way.
The New Yorker
It's impossible not to root for Lee to assert her identity and to fulfill her dreams, but neither she nor the rest of the ch...
The New York Times
At its heart is an incandescent performance by Ms. Oduye, who captures the jagged mood swings of late adolescence with a won...
Los Angeles Times
Oduye as Alike is Pariah's subtle center, with the actress moving seamlessly between the tomboy thrilled to play hoops with ...
San Francisco Chronicle
The film benefits most of all from Rees' careful screenplay, which dances that shifting line between fear and emergent hope....
New York Post
This is a look at the joy, confusion and heartbreak of adolescence that's both culture- and locale-specific and, at the same...
Rolling Stone
The gifted Dee Rees makes finding out a stirring and heartfelt journey. And Adepero Oduye is unforgettable. A star is born.
New York Daily News
Something so honest and touching that you're instantly drawn in to its feelings and sense of place.
USA Today
The coming-out/coming-of-age story is almost a genre of its own, but Pariah has a fresh and distinctly urban take, anchored ...
Chicago Sun-Times
The film is an impressive debut for writer-director Dee Rees.
The Boston Globe
Pariah really feels like something rare.
Wall Street Journal
The originality lies in the details, and the dramatic energy that sustains almost every scene.
Washington Post
Pariah feels a lot like life, at its most confusing, contradictory and exhilarating.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Rees tells Alike's story in vignettes that are sometimes slapstick, sometimes heartbreaking, always tender.
Chicago Tribune
Star gives memorable performance; director brings story together
Entertainment Weekly
In her fearless, world-here-I-am! debut Pariah, writer-director Dee Rees demonstrates, with simplicity and verve, that there...
Metromix
Tomboy teen goes her own way in Sundance Film Festival breakout
ReelViews
Pariah is obviously heartfelt, and is clearly a subject close to writer/director Dee Rees' heart; this is a remake/expansion...
Black Sheep Reviews
Embrace "Pariah". It deserves all the love it can get.
Hollywood Reporter
First-timer Dee Rees offers a fresh take on the overfamiliar coming-out genre.

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Partial Film Information

Director: Dee Rees
Writer: Dee Rees
Studio: Focus Features
Cast: Adepero Oduye, Pernell Walker, Kim Wayans

Release: January 20, 2011
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