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Gospel Hill

2008 1h 39m Drama List
33% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 36% Audience Score 500+ Ratings
Jack Herrod (Tom Bower), the racist former sheriff of a South Carolina town, is dying of cancer. Decades ago, when a civil rights activist (Samuel L. Jackson) was murdered on Herrod's streets, he neglected to investigate the case. The activist's brother (Danny Glover), now retired, has retreated into solitude and bitterness. His wife (Angela Bassett), however, is prepared to take on the greedy land developers who want to destroy their neighborhood in order to build a golf course. Read More Read Less

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Stephen Holden New York Times So completely lacking in his eye for revealing detail and his ear for colloquial speech that it feels less like a movie than an incomplete first draft of a well-meaning if unsophisticated essay. Rated: 2/5 Aug 28, 2009 Full Review S. James Snyder Time Out It's a familiar formula: Greedy suits touting high-rise schematics and targeting blue-collar citizens end up locking horns with a local firebrand. Guess who wins? Rated: 2/5 Aug 26, 2009 Full Review Ronnie Scheib Variety The potentially thought-provoking concept of historical reconciliation is ill served by a half-baked script that reduces every cliched plot point to jaw-dropping levels of preachiness. Aug 24, 2009 Full Review Kam Williams Sly Fox A Sunday school parable about the difference between good versus evil. Can I get an Amen? Rated: 2.5/4 Aug 27, 2009 Full Review Andrew L. Urban Urban Cinefile Subtleties are thin on the ground, but the elements of social injustice, racial tension and character conflicts make the film engaging enough Mar 21, 2009 Full Review Brian Webster Apollo Guide It's hard to say harsh things about a movie as earnest and well intentioned as Gospel Hill. But we've got to do what we've got to do, now, don't we? Rated: 61/100 Jan 19, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member A well intentioned movie with mild results. Good enough for the story and a good performance by Danny Glover. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie was ok. The story was slow paced and almost boring. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Very good movie! It kept me interested the whole time! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Excellent film. Giancarlo Esposito has a great directorial debut. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Okay to have on in the background, but not really exciting enough to want to sit and give it your undivided attention. I think I mainly rented this one as Julia Stiles was in it, Is a well acted movie, but never really rises above feeling like a made for tv film. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member One of those small carefully written scripts that are so rare to find. Basically a murder mystery with racial undertones this is worth seeing with a great understated performance by Glover and another by Bassett. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Jack Herrod (Tom Bower), the racist former sheriff of a South Carolina town, is dying of cancer. Decades ago, when a civil rights activist (Samuel L. Jackson) was murdered on Herrod's streets, he neglected to investigate the case. The activist's brother (Danny Glover), now retired, has retreated into solitude and bitterness. His wife (Angela Bassett), however, is prepared to take on the greedy land developers who want to destroy their neighborhood in order to build a golf course.
Director
Giancarlo Esposito
Producer
Freddy Braidy, Giancarlo Esposito, B. Billie Greif
Screenwriter
Jeff Stacy, Jeffrey Pratt Gordon, Terrell Tannen
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 14, 2016
Runtime
1h 39m