Film Review: Fences

Powerful performances anchor heavy family drama

Young Cory (Jovan Adepo, l.) doesn’t see eye to eye with his father Troy (Denzel Washington).

If you’re finishing up Christmas dinner later this evening and contemplating a trip to the cinema for a new release the whole family can enjoy, you may be better off today with Hidden Figures, and not Fences. That’s not to say Fences doesn’t warrant a recommendation; it certainly does, but let’s just say during a time of year in which your own family issues and simmering resentments might be coming to the forefront, watching another family going through the same may not be high on your list.
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