A Raisin in the Sun
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: May 29, 1961 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
87
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Since much of the action takes place in the tiny apartment, director Petrie had to pull out all the stops to keep it from being stage-bound, and, with the help of cinematographer Lawton, he succeeded. Read full review
100
CineVueChristopher Machell
At once a searing, affirming and defiant portrayal of race, poverty and frustrated aspiration in America. Read full review
89
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
A superlative cast vividly captures the turbulence of this classic drama about the constrictions caused by race in postwar Chicago. Read full review
88
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
A very fine and strongly acted, if somewhat stagebound, adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's great, moving African-American family drama. [06 Apr 2007, p.C8]
70
Chicago ReaderDon Druker
It does have enough gritty insights and (for the time) strikingly accurate production details to keep the level of interest up. Read full review
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