Detroit (2017) Reviews & Ratings

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Detroit reviews

Detroit holds a 7.2/10 average from 1,779 TMDB ratings.

An important story to tell no doubt, but as a film it's a disappointment in my opinion. Of course I cared for the characters from the first second due to the obvious subject matter, but that's as far as I ever got. It's a long 143 minutes, with one scene in particularly lasting an age without really doing much; except the final act of it. A film needs to do more, if this was a documentary - even a docudrama - then f…
— r96sk (6/10)

Based on a true story, and on the facts - insofar as they will ever actually be known - this is a gritty and quite depressing depiction from Kathryn Bigelow of one traumatic night in the city. It was during a night of rioting that a squad of police officers respond to reports of gunshots at a city hotel. Upon entering they discover a group of black youths, a couple of white girls - and what follows is a potent mix o…
— CinemaSerf (7/10)

A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.

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