Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby, Anthony Mackie, Issa Rae, Common, Algee Smith, Sabrina Carpenter |
| Director |
George Tillman Jr. |
| Screenplay | Audrey Wells, from the novel by Angie Thomas |
| Music | Dustin O'Halloran |
| Cinematography | Mihai Malaimare Jr. |
| Editing | Alex Blatt, Craig Hayes |
| Made in | 2018 |
| Produced by | Fox 2000 Pictures, State Street Pictures, Temple Hill Entertainment |
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| Genre | Crime drama |
| Language | Moderate impact, fairly frequent. Conversation and exclamatory, justified within context and disapproved of. |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Moderate impact, fairly frequent, both physical and psychological violence, little blood-letting, justified within context. |
| Prejudice | Mild, sustained, thematic, racial prejudice justified by context and disapproved of. |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None (sic) |
| Comments | |
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| PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned | Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements, some violent content, drug material and language |
| Runtime | 132 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
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Blood / Gore / Gross |
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Alcohol / Drugs |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
| Suggested age limit 14 + |
Positive messages |
Positive role models |
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| Consumerism |
Drinking, drugs, smoking |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| 24.com Leandra Engelbrecht  A great script combined with a great cast this movie is a must-see. | 15 |  |
| ScreenIt Jim Judy Only time will tell if movies like this will have an impact on relations between cops and people of color, but there’s no denying this is a powerful and timely offering. | 14 | |
| Metacritic.com 40 critics | 16 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 129 critics | 16 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Led by a breakout turn from Amandla Stenberg, the hard-hitting The Hate U Give emphatically proves the YA genre has room for much more than magic and romance. | 19 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 15 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Terreece Clarke Powerful story of police shooting of unarmed black teen. | 20 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 28 users | 12 |  |
| Rottentomatoes users 1339 users | 14 | |
| IMDB 2619 Netizens | 13 | |
| The Movie DB Community | 17 | |
Average .. 78% | 16 | |