Rob Peace
2024 · Movie · R · 120 min · ★ 6.8 · 66% critics
A gifted young man from Newark earns a place at Yale, seemingly opening the door to a brighter life. But family pressure, old wounds, and the pull of where he came from keep testing how far talent and hard work can really take him.
Based on The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace
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Details
- Years
- 2024
- Release date
- 2024-08-02
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 66/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (77 votes)
About
You may like this if you want a thoughtful, emotional drama about ambition, loyalty, and pressure from two worlds, especially if The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind worked for you; Not for you if you want fast pacing or a lighter watch.
Pros: moving true story; strong lead performance; thought-provoking themes | Cons: uneven pacing; thin character development; familiar structure
Themes
- based on novel or book
- biography
- based on true story
- yale university
- racism
- hardship
- 1980s
- 1990s
- 2000s
- 2010s
- shooting
- newark, new jersey
- +3 more
Cast & crew
Jay Will
as Robert DeShaun Peace
Mary J. Blige
as Jackie Peace
Chiwetel Ejiofor
as Robert E. 'Skeet' Douglas
Camila Cabello
as Naya
Michael Kelly
as Edwin Leahy
Mare Winningham
as Professor Durham
Gbenga Akinnagbe
as Carl
Juan Castano
as Oswaldo Gutierrez
Lori Hammel
as Jury Foreperson
Benjamin Papac
as Jeff Hobbs
Directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor