Nickel Boys

“Nickel Boys” is a life, made up of pieces; some of them lovely, some devastating. It’s a mesmerizing, uniquely told story — of memory, of injustice, of friendship, of survival.

Even the detractors of "Nickel Boys" will have to concede that they haven't seen anything quite like it on the big screen in recent years.

Nickel Boys gets you in the feels.

This is an extraordinarily confident and provocative feature film debut from Ross, and deserves high critical praise. But... Nickel Boys offers more style than satisfaction.

It seems like an injustice to call it, simply, a film. It’s a remarkable piece of art, even more impressive when you consider that it’s photographer and filmmaker RaMell Ross’s debut feature film -- in fiction.

An exceptional film driven by captivating performances.

The film is a harrowing piece of American history and inspiring tale of mankind's perseverance to overcome overall, but its pieces are just as powerful—in some cases more.

Built upon a nonlinear storyline and benefiting from beautiful cinematography steeped in a visual dreaminess suggestive of a hazy memory — though one repressed, not forgotten — (it) is a riveting and unforgettable tale of the Jim Crow South.

Innovative, sometimes mannered, RaMell Ross’s employs a distinctive visual style to Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel about an infamous Florida reform school. 

“Nickel Boys” is a multidimensional puzzle that is worth solving. Ultimately it is a story of friendship and its power to bestow immortality.