The Hate U Give

It reviews better than it plays — admired more than it is enjoyed.

• “Like the infamous “talk” that opens the film — the conversation that many black parents feel forced to have with their children about how to behave when you are stopped by the police — it is a movie that feels both essential and terribly, terribly sad.”

  Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post · 100

• “A life-affirming rebuttal to apathy, despair and surrender. It’s also one of the year’s most important films.”

  Cary Darling, San Francisco Chronicle · 100

• “This phenomenal ensemble brilliantly and tactfully tells a story that our society desperately needs to hear during these trying times.”

  Tiffany Tchobanian, Film Threat · 95

• “It’s powerful, provocative and devastating, blending the incisive power of dramatic emotion with the immediacy of the evening news.”

  Alonso Duralde, TheWrap · 92

• “If Tillman ties it all together a little neatly, he’s already served up a message that feels too fresh and important to dismiss — not of hate but of hope, and faith that even if sharing these stories can’t magically fix what’s broken, telling them still matters.”

  Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment Weekly · 91