The Hate U Give (2018)
Genre: Crime / Drama
Duration: 133 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: George Tillman Jr.
Stars: Amandla Stenberg, K.J. Apa and Regina Hall
IMDb score:
7,5 (43.466)
Releasedate: 19 October 2018
The Hate U Give plot
"Two worlds. One voice. No going back."
Starr Carter is a 16-year-old girl who grew up in a poor neighborhood and attends an expensive private school. Shortly after witnessing a dramatic event, she finds herself caught between two fires: civil rights activists want her to testify to the drama unfolding before her eyes, but a drug lord wants to silence Starr and does not shy away from any means to prevent it. to get it done.
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Actors and actresses
Starr Carter
Lisa Carter
Maverick Carter
Chris Bryant
Uncle Carlos
King
Khalil Harris
Seven Carter
April Ofrah
Hailey Grant
Reviews & comments
Macmanus
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- 13726 messages
- 3705 votes
Nice.
This movie is too Hollywood to really leave an impression. In 1989, the masterpiece Do The Right Thing was created. Spike Lee was a young dog, he had something to say. In 2018, that problem is still current in the US. But a lot has happened in the meantime as well. Money has taken on an even more important role in superficial America. That can also be seen in this film. It lacks the rawness that a film like this needs. Anyone who ever criticizes a Transformer movie because the entire movie is full of surreptitious advertising should watch this movie. I'm guessing Nike was the sponsor here.
Now you can say a lot of gossip about surreptitious advertising who cares. Well what my point is about this is that I didn't quite trust the movie because of that. It wants to tell a nuanced story. We see a neat caring white boy, and not quite all black (always suspicious) protagonist, an annoying white rich kid, a black drug dealer, a dark cop and a white cop. We seem to want to say something about inequality. But it also wants us to buy the pattas and hoodie worn by the beautiful protagonist. It therefore feels like an American product. Whatever it is. Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing was about Jordan's but how!
No, unfortunately this is how a hip advertising agency deals with social issues. This isn't jazz, this isn't soul. Despite the lead actress doing a great job and the cast having their hearts in the right place, this isn't the movie you hope to see.
3 stars.
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IH88
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- 9761 messages
- 3190 votes
“It's a complicated world.”
“It's not that complicated.”
Fantastic movie. The Hate U Give is a film adaptation of Angie Thomas' book, and the combination of Young Adult and serious themes works great. It's not subtle, and especially at the end, director Tillman Jr. like a wrecking ball. But that anger fits the story and more importantly, it fits Starr's development.
Stenberg is a revelation, and Hornsby as Starr's father is also very strong. Their joint scenes are highlights in the film, and as a viewer I was also full of emotion watching some scenes and events. Nice if a movie can do that. The message that the film conveys is not delivered subtly, but it is a relevant and unfortunately still much needed message in the United States. 'The Hate U Give Little Infants F***S Everybody'. True words of Tupac Shakur.
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Fisico
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- 10039 messages
- 5398 votes
A film that closely resembles the real thing Fruitvale Station (2013) and also in Widows (2018) by Steve McQueen, I briefly saw the subject pass. A poignant subject in which both camps are perpendicular to each other. In many discussions also often the circular reasoning of the chicken or the egg. The fact is that the statistics speak volumes, not only in the US, but also in our own country (fortunately with the latter rarely fatal), with immigrants or blacks being more easily or more often targeted by law enforcement. This paranoid behavior is due to the system rather than the individual.
What is interesting about this film is that it goes a bit further and the plot is broader than just this subject. Starr Carter is caught between two worlds and cannot choose between the two. The sad thing is, she has to even consider that at all. Nothing is black and white and her background and environment determine who she is and how she should behave.
The cast is strong and the plot is well balanced. The ending maybe a little too simple and nicely solved, because let's face it. It's not resolved, not with the King, not with Chris, her boyfriend, nor the tensions between her two worlds.
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