The truth just is
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Bruce McFee, Mike Epps, Peter MacNeill, Adam Gaudreau, Taraji P. Henson, Cedric the Entertainer, Martin Sheen |
Director |
Kasi Lemmons |
Screenplay | Michael Genet, Rick Famuyiwa |
Music | Terence Blanchard |
Cinematography | Stéphane Fontaine |
Editing | Terilyn A. Shropshire |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital, DTS |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2007 |
Produced by | Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Mark Gordon Productions, Pelagius Films, The Mark Gordon Company |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
Trailer: Medium
Genre | Documentary, drama |
Language | Very frequent, very strong, but contextual. |
Nudity | One brief scene — man from rear. |
Sex | One brief scene — implied but close up. |
Violence | Infrequent, close up, implied. |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | None |
Comments | Tells the story of Petey Green, a radio DJ, who became famous around the time that Martin Luther King was killed. Very inspiring, though has lots of strong language. |
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Sex / Nudity |
Violence |
Blood / Gore / Gross |
Guns / Weapons |
Profanity |
Alcohol / Drugs |
Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Helen Herimbi | 15 | |
Die Burger Laetitia Pople | 10 | |
Cape Times Carina Chocano | 10 | |
iAfrica.com Rebekah Kendal Elevated from the mundane by powerful performances, retro cinematography and a great soundtrack. | 15 | |
The Citizen Peter Feldman Talk to Me jumps out at you from the screen, carries you along with its momentum and excitement. | 16 | |
24.com Tiisetso Tlelima Talk To Me has all the ingredients that make a good movie: brilliant actors and a thought-provoking story-line that's relevant to our lives. But Lemmons' second-rate direction kills the show. | 10 | |
BBC Paul Arendt A traditionally handsome biopic bursting with 1960s period detail and firecracker performances, Talk To Me tackles one of the most volatile periods in American history, but tragically finds nothing interesting to say about it. | 10 | |
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert Don Cheadle gives a fascinating performance as a man able to step out of a cell and into a broadcast booth, but not sure where to step next. | 18 | |
eye Weekly Though the film's adherence to biopic conventions makes some scenes stodgily predictable, Talk to Me is continually energized by the calibre of the lead performances and its vivid portrayal of a pivotal period in African-American history. | 10 | |
ScreenIt A blast to watch in the first half but a bit less so as the second hurriedly progresses from one episodic moment to the next, the film -- fueled by strong, award-worthy performances from its two leads -- should introduce a whole new set of eyes and ears to the words, wisdom and style of one of talk radio's trailblazers. | 13 | |
Metacritic.com 33 critics | 14 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 114 critics | 14 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer A riveting look at the life of legendary DJ ''Petey'' Greene. | 16 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 2511 Netizens Barely a scene overplayed. | 15 | |
Average .. 66% | 13 |