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The Hate You Give Movie Review

“The Hate You Give” Directed by George Tillman Jr. (Faster, Notorious) Screenplay by Audrey Wells (The Game Plan, A Dogs Purpose) Based on the Novel by Angie Thomas. Starring Amandla Stenberg (The Darkest Minds, The Hunger Games) Regina Hall (Girls Trip, Scary Movie) Russel Hornsby (Fences, Meet the Parents) & Anthony Mackie (Avengers, Captain America: Winter Soldier)

Starr Carter is constantly switching between two worlds: the poor, mostly black, neighborhood where she lives and the rich, mostly white, prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressures from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what's right.

This is not a horror movie in the slightest but seeing this film on the big screen and the material and how the incident went down is absolutely terrifying. This movie is very tough to watch but in a good way. It brings awareness to what is happening in the world and that it happens very frequently. This is a young adult film and usually that’s not a good thing but lately we have had a lot of young adult films that are really good (Eight Grade, Lady Bird) but I think this is the best Young Adult film I think I have seen. 

Amandla Stenberg who plays Star in the film as the lead is absolutely amazing in this film and I feel there is a nomination for her as well. This movie is important the dialogue is strong and the acting is incredible except for one and that is the Anthony Mackie character. Even with his character though it doesn’t take you out of the film I just didn’t feel it was necessary and  too over the top for this kind of movie. The story is an emotional rollercoaster of emotions that will have you wanting to walk out at certain points because of how heavy and real the subject matter is. This movie is 2 hours and 12 minutes of raw emotion and you will walk out with a new understanding about yourself and what you stand for. I think this movie is terrific and I really enjoyed it and it hit me very hard. 

The Hate you Give gets a 8.9/10 from me


Rotten Tomatoes: 97%

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