Blood Done Sign My Name
Paladin (II) | Release Date: February 19, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
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Mixed or average reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
10
Negative:
1
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75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The movie tells this story in a traditional, straightforward way. No fancy footwork. No chewing the scenery. Meat and potatoes, you could say, but it's thoughtful and moving. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
May not be great cinema, but it nonetheless deserves attention. Read full review
75
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
“Blood” may carry us into the past, but the unhappy effects linger today, like pollution darkening a sky that never turned completely blue. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubSam Adams
Draws attention to a little-known chapter in the history of the civil-rights movement, but it doesn’t do much to pull that moment into the present, or to pull the audience into the past. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
The actors do a lot to dimensionalize the material. Parker's Chavis is especially sharp, creating a man with a subtly burning fuse. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Though it can't quite transcend its filmmaker's earnest intentions, this solemn history lesson offers several powerful moments. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Jeb Stuart directed, his well-rounded portrait of the community partly undermined by the slack editing; with Rick Schroder as the minister and Michael Rooker as the defense attorney. Read full review
50
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
A curious, somewhat ungainly movie. But it is also rich and fascinating. At times you think you are watching a clumsy stage pageant superimposed on a documentary; it’s so stiff, and yet at the same time so real. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
Suffers from an awkward, plodding structure that robs it of much of its dramatic effect. Read full review
50
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
Despite its earnestness and valuable lessons, however, "Blood" feels a little like preaching to the choir. Read full review
40
Village VoiceMelissa Anderson
An earnest, if inert, civil rights docudrama clearly shot on the cheap (many of the wigs appear to have been borrowed from the Black Dynamite set). Read full review
40
Boxoffice MagazineTim Cogshell
Ultimately, however, the movie is about the fact that there was a civil rights movement at all, and incidents like the murder of Dickie Marrow necessitated that movement--deep into the 1970s and beyond. Read full review
40
VarietyRonnie Scheib
Comes off as a painfully old-fashioned, flatly directed exercise in passionless historical reenactment. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRobert Abele
The material gets away from him (Stuart) quickly, leaving emotionally forced, clunky filmmaking that feels simultaneously rushed and dawdling, like a chopped-down TV miniseries. (It even has natural commercial breaks.) Read full review
40
Time OutDavid Fear
You can’t deny the inspirational qualities of the story or Parker’s screen presence, any more than you could accuse the film of subtlety or of masking its conspicuous pro-Christian agenda. Read full review
25
New York PostKyle Smith
Rolls out stiff clichés to tell a familiar story of racial injustice in the South. Read full review
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