Evolution of a Criminal

Name: Evolution of a Criminal
Genre: Documentary
Released: October 10, 2014
Duration: 81 min
Rating: 76

2014

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| Release Date: October 10, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: Tens years after robbing a Bank of America, filmmaker Darius Monroe returns home to examine how his actions affected the lives of his family and friends.

Director: Darius Clark Monroe

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 81 min

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Alan Scherstuhl

Oct 7, 2014

Vital, thoughtful, and deeply personal, first-timer Darius Clark Monroe's autobiographical doc stands as a testament to the power of movies to stir empathy. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Oct 8, 2014

Shot over the course of several years, Evolution of a Crime is often rough-hewn in its execution, but it's deeply moving nonetheless. Read full review

The Playlist Charlie Schmidlin

Oct 7, 2014

The entire film could start to feel like a feature-length justification, but Darius manages to sidestep that path by never letting himself off the hook. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Oct 9, 2014

Raising significant questions about the psychological effects of poverty on young children, this unsettlingly direct stab at atonement feels genuine. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Oct 10, 2014

What's missing is a sense of how Monroe, seemingly a law-abiding young man before his family's financial dark days, suddenly went from being a go-along-to-get-along type to a budding criminal mastermind. Read full review

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