The Sentence
2018 · Movie · TV-PG · 87 min · ★ 6.8 · 80% critics
A mother of three receives a long federal prison sentence tied to a past connection with a drug case. Filmed over many years by a close family member, this intimate documentary follows the ripple effects on her children and loved ones while raising questions about mandatory minimum sentencing and its human cost.
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-01-20
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Critic score
- 80/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (19 votes)
About
You’ll likely connect with this if you want an intimate, tear-jerking look at how incarceration reshapes a family and sparks debate about sentencing; Not for you if you need a balanced, fact-heavy approach like The Vow.
Pros: deeply emotional family portrait; eye-opening justice-system impact; hard to stop watching | Cons: feels one-sided; missing key details; repetitive at times
Cast & crew
- ES
Eric Sterling
as Self
Directed by Rudy Valdez