Fruitvale Station
The story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, and his experiences on the last day of his life, before he was fatally shot by BART Police in the early morning hours of New Year';s Day 2009.
14 July 1978, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
25 April 1984, New York City, New York, USA
21 September 1984, Palo Alto, California, USA
3 June 1978, Plano, Texas, USA
21 April 1976, Hayward, California, USA
April 06, 2016
Ryan Coogler's film is very sad and will make you cry, and maybe that's a good thing. I acknowledge it's important to devote time and care to such portrayals of abuse and injustice, and Coogler has certainly done that.
December 10, 2013
The intimacy of debut writer-director Ryan Coogler's approach to the film and the no-frills, believably real quality of the main performances combine to drive the senselessness of Oscar's killing home with visceral impact.
July 26, 2013
You wonder if Coogler would have felt freer had Grant somehow lived that night, if the director weren't put in a position where he felt the need to honor the dead by bringing him to dramatic life. But he believes in his ambition.
April 28, 2015
It's a gentle film, with deep reservoirs of empathy and understanding. And so terribly sad.
March 21, 2017
Michael B. Jordon honed his talent on series like The Wire and Friday Night Lights. His performance seems natural but that doesn't mean it was easy to achieve. It's subtle, deep and fiery.
December 10, 2013
Michael B. Jordan is simply brilliant in his portrayal of Grant, whom Coogler presents as a generally happy, if complex and somewhat troubled young man.
December 10, 2013
Writer-director Ryan Coogler's [film is an] assured and evenhanded debut.
April 10, 2016
Michael B. Jordan and Octavia Spencer are particularly good in the film.
October 10, 2014
[Fruitvale Station] has a profound emotional impact by keeping things simple.
July 26, 2013
It's hard not to watch Fruitvale Station with a coiled dread... Yet, Coogler's greatest achievement may be in reminding us that Grant was a work in progress with people who loved him in spite of his flaws and because of his hopes.
November 07, 2014
As well as being a superb piece of filmmaking and writing that tells an important story of what happened, it's also a thought-provoking tribute to what could have been.
September 22, 2013
It's an unflinching, 360-degree character portrait.
