Rosewood

This is the type of movie that while its very good can and will cause you to want to seriously hurt a white person. Sorry. This is the honest to god truth. Its a good movie. But if you have white... Full review

Less than 100 miles away from me is a town that is a reminder of the hatred that exists in those who grew up in the rural South. I just read Olympia Vernon's book on a similar subject, so it... Full review

Rosewood is one of the best damn movies around. Good acting skills on all that played a roll in it. Nothing could be better than a good movie that is based on a true story. You got to love it!... Full review

Part of what makes "Rosewood" so hard to watch - but I recommend it very much - is not only that it really happened, but also the thought that the events portrayed may have partly been the root of what... Full review

This movie was too white trash redneck for me. I have seen way better movies. This one gets MAYBE a C. I really don't see any strikingly original features in this movie.... Full review

I watched this movie in my history class after the AP exam. It was amazing. It truly drives home the point that one lie can lead to many horrible things. Jon Voight brought wonderful acting to a truly deep character.... Full review

This movie is a very violent and sad movie--guaranteed to have an impact on all its viewers. Because of the serious and violent nature of the film, I would not suggest this for viewing by younger kids, though for teens... Full review

This movie is a true story and it shows how trifling people can be. This was really under-scored. You have to understand the lie that white woman told was told by many other white women and it's ignorant. That should never... Full review

Even I know this is a true story, I still can not believe a whole little town got burned because one lie. Those whites could kill a old woman who knew them all since they were born. This movie shows what... Full review

Director John Singleton who's first film (Boyz 'N the Hood)left audiences in awe has once again cast an emotional spell upon his audiences. Some people have a question of how historically accurate the film itself is. With some browsing around... Full review

Comparisons to today's society can't help but be made while watching "Rosewood"; although moviegoers might wish to leave the theatre thinking we are living in a better time, they might not be able to. Screaming his lines throughout the film, the sheriff is a first-hand witness to all the bloodshed, knowing all along the assaulted female is lying; yet he stands idly by as the horrific events occur. ... Full Review

the picture possesses any esthetic merit....demons aren't characters....He's cast the piece well, drawing on the accomplished likes of Esther Rolle as a seen-it-all matriarch, and Don Cheadle as a fiercely proud father.....For a film critic, how closely such movies hew to the actual facts is essentially irrelevant --....As always, Rhames is a mesmerizing screen presence.... ... Full Review

If Singleton takes liberties with the historical account of what happened at Rosewood (and that account is murky at best -- the death count differs greatly depending on which source is being consulted), it's in the name of dramatic license, and it works. ... Full Review

Mann's rival in the land auction is Rosewood's only white resident, merchant John Wright (Jon Voight), pithily described as "half-way decent for a white person, if there was such a thing. And because its awful story is difficult to erase from the mind, "Rosewood ... Full Review

True, Rosewood was more prosperous than the neighboring white mill town of Sumner, depicted as a collection of shacks with disheveled inhabitants, hound dogs and unruly, dirty children who are taught racial hatred by their parents. It's his eventual redemption, as he turns from self-centered apprehension to righteousness, that is the most remarkable and moving thing about Rosewood. ... Full Review

Here's how it works. You go to your local video rental store, rent the films and watch them. Now, I'm not black and I don't pretend to be an expert on black culture, but I think these are all really ... Full Article

In "Boyz N the Hood," director John Singleton brought vividly to life the heartbreaking world of a handful of young black men in South Central Los Angeles, teenagers doomed by the dysfunctional elements of the culture in which they were... ... Full Article

Synopsis: In 1923, the town of Rosewood was destroyed by the residents of nearby Sumner. Director John Singleton leaves his familiar Los Angeles milieu to tell the story of that destruction, in which poor... ... Full Article