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To Sleep with Anger (1990)
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Writer:
Charles Burnett (writer)
Release Date:
12 October 1990 (USA) more
Tagline:
When Harry comes to town, he brings good times, bad times... And a lot of trouble!
Awards:
6 wins & 4 nominations more
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a lovely gem of a film more (5 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Paul Butler | ... | Gideon |
 | DeVaughn Nixon | ... | Sunny (as Devaughn Walter Nixon) |
| Mary Alice | ... | Suzie |
| Reina King | ... | Rhonda |
| Cory Curtis | ... | Skip |
 | Richard Brooks | ... | Babe Brother |
 | Sheryl Lee Ralph | ... | Linda |
 | Carl Lumbly | ... | Junior |
| Vonetta McGee | ... | Pat |
| Paula Bellamy | ... | Mrs. Baker |
 | Danny Glover | ... | Harry |
| Wonderful Smith | ... | Preacher |
| Ethel Ayler | ... | Hattie |
| DeForest Covan | ... | Fred Jenkins (as DeForest Coven) |
 | Sy Richardson | ... | Slash |
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UK:101 min | USA:102 min | Argentina:102 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:12 | Argentina:13 | UK:12 | USA:PG
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For the last several visits to the video store, I've been drawn to this film, but it wasn't until a few days ago that I finally rented it. And I'm really glad I did.
This film glows with delicately-drawn character studies. It is a testament to the effectiveness of subtle storytelling. The story is good, and the characters are gentle but passionate. They are middle class folks who live in a pleasant neighborhood in LA. They have left the hardscrabble life of the South -- with all the attendant superstitions and fears -- behind. Or so they hope...
The responses that the characters have to the presence of evil in their midst are refreshing and true. Though the film is subtle, it never drags, gets sentimental, or sloshes into easy cliches.
Danny Glover is wonderful, but so are most of the other actors. Oh, it's about family, but in a way that attracts us. There are no tried and true gimmicks, no diseases du jour, no soapy interludes. Just people. Doing the best they can. They are sometimes funny, sometimes foolish, sometimes predictable. One thing we notice: they can seem excessively patient with out-of- town visitors...