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Constellation

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The continuing legacy of a long-ago, interracial love affair forms the backdrop for a tale of an extended Southern family's reunion at a funeral. Helms Boxer (Billy Dee Williams) is estranged from his family and does not want to return home, but his deceased sister (Rae Dawn Chong) had named him executor of her estate. The family grapples with issues of forgiveness and unrequited love in the wake of their loved one's death.

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Critics Consensus

Though earnestly directed, Constellation lacks dramatic fireworks and eventually falls into TV-movie sentimentality.

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Melissa Anderson Time Out Feb 10, 2007
2/6
The flashbacks are almost as smoothly subtle as the title of one of the paintings showcased by Billy Dee Williams's character: Portrait of a Journey. Go to Full Review Scott Brown Entertainment Weekly Feb 7, 2007
C
Neither the camera nor the script can focus. Go to Full Review Kyle Smith New York Post Feb 2, 2007
0/4
Scenes in which little or nothing happens pass by slowly, and the only point of suspense is whether the number of tearful hugs at the end will reach double digits. Go to Full Review Kam Williams EURWeb Feb 8, 2007
1/4
This overplotted, emotional dump plods along as if the characters are stuck in the cinematic equivalent of quicksand, never generating any traction because no matter how much everybody vents, nothing of consequence ever transpires. Go to Full Review Frank Lovece Film Journal International Feb 6, 2007
I'm nodding off just thinking about the long, static close-ups and endless scenes of people walking and sitting and doing nothing. Go to Full Review Andy Klein Los Angeles CityBeat Feb 5, 2007
... the biggest problem is that the insights ... are strictly Hallmark TV movie stuff, an association reinforced by the mawkish visual style and score. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Treyson B @treyson Dec 12, 2025 Stop hating! I love this movie. Like and subscribe! See more Mar 24, 2022 I think David Arnott did an outstanding job performing as an ordinary teen boy in key West in the 1970s. This is how boys acted in my neighborhood growing up. Not real demonstrative emotional thoughtful or expressive all the time. It's refreshing to see the the quiet tones of reality performance. Hollywood more often casts boys who are unusually expressive sensitive and brilliant and the result is an entertaining stimulating performance but not real. And those real boy performers often turn out to be gay... Not regular straight kids from the neighborhoods We all grew up in. It's interesting ...I read the director of this film also a cinematographer on the British film KES. That is a British film that has become a classic and in that film again they did reality casting for the kids and it made all the difference... they also didn't cast emotional creative Hollywood performers for the kid roles. They also cast real kids who were not always doing great performances but just being normal. . So David Arnott is the real deal ... the real teen boy in front of a camera, keeping it real. See more Jan 9, 2015 Very good cast & ancestral family movie See more Mar 24, 2012 It has moments, but the story suffers. See more Jan 4, 2010 a little confusing but all star class See more Oct 18, 2009 Apparently, it's a movie about people who have 7 hour long dinners in restaurants around Huntsville. Then there's a funeral. I think I just spoiled the plot - sorry. See more Read all reviews
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Jordan Walker-Pearlman

Director

Billy Dee Williams

Helms Boxer

Zoe Saldaña

Rosa

Lesley Ann Warren

Nancy

Hill Harper

Errol

Melissa De Sousa

Lucy

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Synopsis The continuing legacy of a long-ago, interracial love affair forms the backdrop for a tale of an extended Southern family's reunion at a funeral. Helms Boxer (Billy Dee Williams) is estranged from his family and does not want to return home, but his deceased sister (Rae Dawn Chong) had named him executor of her estate. The family grapples with issues of forgiveness and unrequited love in the wake of their loved one's death.
Director
Jordan Walker-Pearlman
Producer
Jordan Walker-Pearlman, Morris Ruskin, Shannon C. Murphy
Screenwriter
Jordan Walker-Pearlman
Distributor
The Bigger Picture
Production Co
DAWA Movies, Encounter Studios
Rating
PG-13 (A Sexual Reference|Brief Strong Language)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 2, 2007, Limited
Release Date (DVD)
May 22, 2007
Box Office (Gross USA)
$306.5K
Runtime
1h 45m
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