Conservatives have heaped praises on the movie, while liberals have slammed it as a recruiting tool for the far-right. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON – With superhero movies, video-game adaptations and sequels bombing and getting panned by critics, Hollywood was braced for another disappointing year – until an unheralded thriller about child trafficking upended industry expectations.
But this is the US, where “culture wars” over gas stoves, Pride flags and The Cat In The Hat can end friendships and turn neighbour on neighbour – and where half the country can dismiss as evil incarnate a movie that the other half loves. “What’s almost as interesting as the movie itself is the reaction it seems to provoke from the mainstream media that seem determined to tear it down at any cost,” said British thriller writer Will Jordan in a positive review posted to his 1.8 million-subscriber YouTube channel, The Critical Drinker.
“We’re getting messages from all over the country telling us about packed theatres, sold-out theatres, and spontaneous standing ovations for the film in numerous locations,” said Mr Brandon Purdie, Angel’s head of theatrical distribution.Seeing beauty in an ugly history - director Barry Jenkins on The Underground Railroad
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