Sidney
Apple TV+ | Release Date: September 23, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
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Generally favorable reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
17
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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60
Rolling StoneK. Austin CollinsSep 26, 2022
Sidney works as a tribute, or a beginner’s course. More probing questions about Poitier’s “meaning,” the impossibility of his position, the way it served as a measuring stick for taking stock of Black politics over many decades — these are problems bigger than, and largely beyond, this movie. Read full review
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The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisSep 22, 2022
The inescapable impression is of a picture buckling beneath the weight of its subject’s achievements. Yet there are moments when the focus shifts and the movie shrugs off its hagiographic shackles. Read full review
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The PlaylistRobert DanielsSep 20, 2022
Sidney functions as a loving memorial to the pioneering Black movie star who passed earlier this year, but it never suffices as more than a tepid first draft of his life. And it is never as groundbreaking as Poitier’s best work. Read full review
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TheWrapDan CallahanSep 22, 2022
The early sections of Sidney are much stronger than what comes later, because it is Poitier himself telling the tale in interview footage and setting the expansive, very dramatic tone. He knew how to tell a story so that each nuance would make itself felt. Read full review
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