Exhibiting Forgiveness
Roadside Attractions | Release Date: October 18, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
82
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Universal acclaim based on 17 Critic Reviews
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16
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The PlaylistRodrigo PerezJan 22, 2024
Make no mistake, Exhibiting Forgiveness can be painful but rewardingly so; it’s complex, unresolved ending all the more honest and true. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleOct 18, 2024
In artist Titus Kaphar’s emotionally knotty, semi-autobiographical directorial debut about hurt and resilience — and, of course, making art — we get a refreshingly bone-deep view of how someone can be saved by the act of creation, yet flummoxed by its therapeutic limitations. Read full review
90
The New York TimesLisa KennedyOct 17, 2024
Forgiveness may not be about making nice. Filling in a painful gap may not lead to tidy reconciliation. Still, something true will appear. Kaphar may be new to feature filmmaking, but that’s some grown wisdom. Read full review
90
Screen RantPatrice WitherspoonFeb 2, 2024
Ultimately, Exhibiting Forgiveness is a movie that spoke to me on a deep level. It’s the type of transcendent experience that could make you confront your own demons and familial traumas you may not even have known existed. Read full review
90
VarietyOwen GleibermanJan 22, 2024
Exhibiting Forgiveness sends you out on a note of hope, but it’s not exactly a feel-good movie. It’s a feel-the-reality movie, a drama willing to scald. That’s its quiet power. Read full review
90
TheWrapWilliam BibbianiJan 20, 2024
Kaphar brings something special, narratively raw, but thematically refined to his first feature. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comPeyton RobinsonOct 18, 2024
Kaphar’s film bloats its runtime, with a handful of conversations going back for seconds on a full stomach, but it still manages to be utterly moving, entrusting its cast completely with carrying its ideas to touching fruition. Read full review
88
Slant MagazineRoss McIndoeJan 26, 2024
True to its name, the film puts the concept of forgiveness on display and asks us to spend some time in front of it and consider it from all angles. Read full review
85
Film ThreatAlan NgJan 31, 2024
Exhibiting Forgiveness is a must-see movie for its universal message of family…and for the great performances and art. Kaphar will immerse you in pain and guide you to hope in the end. Read full review
80
ColliderTherese LacsonJan 29, 2024
A magnificent showing from Titus Kaphar and his talented cast, Exhibiting Forgiveness is a complicated and beautiful film that is masterfully crafted. Read full review
80
The GuardianBenjamin LeeJan 22, 2024
Working through one’s own strife as a form of autofiction can often lead to self-indulgence but Kaphar has crafted something that deserves to exist outside of his inner circle, an emotionally wrenching drama set to resonate with those who have also had to confront the complicated equation of radical forgiveness. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeJan 22, 2024
Kaphar, who also wrote the screenplay, draws many fine, if familiar, conclusions about the corrosive nature of generational trauma. Read full review
70
Screen DailyTim GriersonJan 22, 2024
The story is sometimes weighed down by an aggressive earnestness but, despite some overreaching and tonal inconsistencies, there is no denying the raw anguish that both Kaphar and his protagonist are trying to heal. Read full review
67
ConsequenceMary SirokyJan 30, 2024
There’s plenty to enjoy and admire about this one, even through its uneven moments. Read full review
67
IndieWireJourdain SearlesJan 22, 2024
Exhibiting Forgiveness is about making peace with the past for the sake of the future. It’s easy to pass one’s pain off on someone else, but it’s much harder to own it, carry it, and decide not to continue the cycle. Read full review
67
The Film StageJordan RaupJan 22, 2024
Led by André Holland in an impressively anguished performance, the ensemble elevates a script that has its heart in the right place but feels lacking in layers of complexity that we see from the art on display. Read full review
50
Wall Street JournalZachary BarnesOct 18, 2024
It simply never comes together with the sort of gathering force that we witness in its own scenes of artistic creation. Mr. Kaphar might yet make a movie that vibrates with the power of a great painting. Exhibiting Forgiveness, though, still feels like a jumbled sketch. Read full review
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