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Barry
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Long before he sought the presidency in Washington, D.C., he was a college kid in New York faced with judgmental and racist opinions all around him. The movie follows him as he tries to find his place in the world.
Long before he sought the presidency in Washington, D.C., he was a college kid in New York faced with judgmental and racist opinions all around him. The movie follows him as he tries to find his place in the world.
Actors:
Christopher M. Polito,
Annabelle Attanasio,
Souleymane Sy Savane,
Matt Ball,
Marion Yue,
Flora Wildes,
Tommy Nelson
Christopher M. Polito
5 December 1982, Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA
Annabelle Attanasio
11 May 1993, Los Angeles, California, USA
Souleymane Sy Savane
Matt Ball
Marion Yue
Flora Wildes
Tommy Nelson
7 December 1997, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
Director:
Vikram Gandhi
Vikram Gandhi
Country:
United States
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December 21, 2016
It's a marvelous movie, made even more so by the time in which it's being released.
January 03, 2017
Solid bio envisions young Obama; lots of cursing.
December 21, 2016
Ashley Judd provides emotional depth as Barack's mother, and Jason Mitchell and Ellar Coltrane deliver stellar work as friends of Barry's who remind of us of the multiple worlds he inhabits -- and the multiple worlds he will have to navigate.
December 21, 2016
To its credit, "Barry" never aims for profound statements about Obama. Instead, it presents an interesting portrait of someone navigating between cultures in a country that continues to insist on labeling.
December 19, 2016
Much as with Southside With You, Barry is buoyed by its tremendous lead performer.
March 08, 2017
...thinking about Barry, the 1981-set film about a young Barack Obama as he arrived in New York City to attend Columbia University, I found myself thinking about a young Me in 1981, as I arrived in New York City to attend Columbia University...
December 29, 2016
These moments proceed like comic-book panels, each communicating a single point, with little nuance for us to discover.
December 21, 2016
Gandhi's touch is generally light and he exploits the city's ethnic mosaic with great effectiveness in the supporting cast.
December 16, 2016
What Barry most captures is an Obama struggling to find his identity and his place in the world, highly attuned to his surroundings.
December 21, 2016
With what lies ahead, moreover, director Vikram Gandhi's modest biopic, Barry, a year in his life, provides a kind of comfort watching.
December 21, 2016
A sharp, well observed picture, one that's not just one president's story but also a sly examination of how race isn't always the major thing that divides us.
December 16, 2016
Barry is about someone trying - and often failing - to fuse to any group that will have him. He uses charm like a chisel. He's always hacking into people's armor to convince them he belongs