American Violet
2008 · Movie · PG-13 · 103 min · ★ 6.7 · 66% critics
After being swept up in a drug raid in a small Texas town, a single mother refuses a deal that would let her go free at a lasting cost. As she learns others have faced similar treatment, she challenges a justice system stacked against her while trying to protect her family.
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Details
- Years
- 2008
- Release date
- 2008-08-28
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 66/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (40 votes)
About
If you like fact-based legal dramas about ordinary people taking on powerful institutions, this may work for you, especially if you liked Marshall or Ghosts of Mississippi; Not for you if you want something light or escapist.
Pros: gripping true-story feel; strong lead performance; timely social themes | Cons: heavy subject matter; frustrating injustice; uneven pacing
Themes
- hood
- racism
- injustice
- legal battle
- racial injustice
Cast & crew
Nicole Beharie
as Dee Roberts
Tim Blake Nelson
as David Cohen
Will Patton
as Sam Conroy
Michael O'Keefe
as Calvin Beckett
Malcolm Barrett
as Byron Hill
Xzibit
as Darrell Hughes
Charles S. Dutton
as Reverend Sanders
Alfre Woodard
as Alma Roberts
Tim Ware
as Mark Shelby
Paul David Story
as David Higgins
Directed by Tim Disney