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To Sleep with Anger examines cultural tensions with a deft hand and a potent blend of comedy and drama, stirred skillfully to life by a strong cast led by Danny Glover.
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One of the finest films to explore city versus country, old ways versus new, kin versus kin. Sep 7, 2016 | Full Review…
One of the finest films to explore city versus country, old ways versus new, kin versus kin.
Melissa Anderson
Burnett and his cast tap depths of mystery, soulfulness, and glee. Apr 6, 2015 | Full Review…
Burnett and his cast tap depths of mystery, soulfulness, and glee.
Michael Sragow
Despite uncertain pacing, Burnett's evocation of a thriving cultural milieu that embraces both superstition and mysterious wisdom is almost flawless. Feb 9, 2006
Despite uncertain pacing, Burnett's evocation of a thriving cultural milieu that embraces both superstition and mysterious wisdom is almost flawless.
Mark Kermode
It's a very entertaining, complex film, a comedy of unusual substance that also manages to keep the audience in suspense as to when the comedy might dissolve into some kind of vicious melodrama. Aug 30, 2004 | Full Review…
It's a very entertaining, complex film, a comedy of unusual substance that also manages to keep the audience in suspense as to when the comedy might dissolve into some kind of vicious melodrama.
Vincent Canby
This stately, stagey, funereally paced contemporary drama of middle-class African-American life looks as if it could have been set almost any time in the past half-century. Jul 11, 2002 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
This stately, stagey, funereally paced contemporary drama of middle-class African-American life looks as if it could have been set almost any time in the past half-century.
Peter Bradshaw
Burnett's acute and sensitive direction is free of hackneyed movie conventions; even something as simple as a hello is said differently from the way you've heard it in any other movie. Jan 1, 2000 | Full Review…
Burnett's acute and sensitive direction is free of hackneyed movie conventions; even something as simple as a hello is said differently from the way you've heard it in any other movie.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
an exemplary drama that reveals more and more narrative, emotional, and thematic layers each time you see it Apr 8, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
an exemplary drama that reveals more and more narrative, emotional, and thematic layers each time you see it
James Kendrick
A strange film which I think would reward rewatching. Mar 19, 2019 | Full Review…
A strange film which I think would reward rewatching.
Eve Tushnet
Burnett employs a lyrical shooting style that aptly fits the material. Mar 9, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Burnett employs a lyrical shooting style that aptly fits the material.
Matt Brunson
Burnett's direction is so subtle and graceful that To Sleep with Anger eschews any such labels as being a supernatural movie or a horror movie. Mar 1, 2019 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
Burnett's direction is so subtle and graceful that To Sleep with Anger eschews any such labels as being a supernatural movie or a horror movie.
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The greatest film made by a black American... Aug 22, 2018 | Full Review…
The greatest film made by a black American...
Charles Mudede
Subtle and quietly powerful - partly novelistic, partly poetic Sep 9, 2016 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Subtle and quietly powerful - partly novelistic, partly poetic
Matt Prigge
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