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This stunningly inventive Best Picture Oscar nominee, adapted from Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, is hands down one of the best films you'll see all year.
Elwood Curtis’s college dream shatters alongside a two-lane Florida highway. Bearing the brunt of an innocent misstep, he’s sentenced to the netherworld of Nickel Academy, a brutal reformatory sunk deep in the Jim Crow South. He encounters another ward, the seen-it-all Turner. The two Black teens strike up an alliance: Turner dispensing fundamental tips for survival, Elwood clinging to his optimistic worldview. Backdropped by the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement, Elwood and Turner’s existence appear worlds away from Rev. Martin Luther King’s burnished oratory. Despite Nickel’s brutality, Elwood strives to hold onto his humanity, awakening a new vision for Turner. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead. [140 min; drama; English]
"Nickel Boys is a life, made up of pieces; some of them lovely, some devastating. It’s a mesmerizing, uniquely told story—of memory, of injustice, of friendship, of survival." — Moira Macdonald, The Seattle Times
"Nickel Boys is a masterpiece—moreover, it is a miracle." — Sam Bodrojan, Little White Lies
"A clear masterpiece held together by visual splendor and idiosyncratic performances." — Robert Daniels. RogerEbert.com
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