87
Metascore
5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineSince much of the action takes place in the tiny apartment, director Petrie had to pull out all the stops to keep it from being stage-bound, and, with the help of cinematographer Lawton, he succeeded.
- 100CineVueChristopher MachellCineVueChristopher MachellAt once a searing, affirming and defiant portrayal of race, poverty and frustrated aspiration in America.
- 89Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenA superlative cast vividly captures the turbulence of this classic drama about the constrictions caused by race in postwar Chicago.
- 88Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonA very fine and strongly acted, if somewhat stagebound, adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's great, moving African-American family drama. [06 Apr 2007, p.C8]
- 70Chicago ReaderChicago ReaderIt does have enough gritty insights and (for the time) strikingly accurate production details to keep the level of interest up.