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Crown Heights

Crown Heights

Drama · 2017

When Colin Warner was wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devoted his life to proving his innocence.

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Crown Heights

2017 Drama 1h 36m

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TMDB

6.6 / 10

Community rating

When Colin Warner was wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devoted his life to proving his innocence.

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What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Matt Ruskin

Written by

Matt Ruskin

LaKeith Stanfield

LaKeith Stanfield

Colin Warner

Nnamdi Asomugha

Nnamdi Asomugha

Carl King

Natalie Paul

Natalie Paul

Antoinette

Bill Camp

Bill Camp

William Robedee

Nestor Carbonell

Nestor Carbonell

Bruce Regenstreich

Amari Cheatom

Amari Cheatom

Leon Grant

Gbenga Akinnagbe

Gbenga Akinnagbe

Sampson

Court is in session

Put Crown Heights on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.