Fresh
The best moments get to the heart of Simien's thesis that what is supposed to be post-racial America isn't all that much different from what came before.
Cary Darling, Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Dear White People
A satire about being a Black face in a white place.
2014 · 1h 48m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Justin Simien
Overview
A campus culture war between Blacks and whites at a predominantly white Ivy League college comes to a head when the staff of a satirical magazine stages an offensive Halloween party.
Director and cast
- Justin Simien Director
- Tyler James Williams as Lionel Higgins
- Tessa Thompson as Samantha White
- Peter Syvertsen as President Hutchinson
- Kyle Gallner as Kurt Fletcher
- Brandon P Bell as Troy
- Teyonah Parris as Colandrea 'Coco' Conners
- Dennis Haysbert Cast
- Brittany Curran as Sophie Fletcher
- Justin Dobies Cast
- Malcolm Barrett Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
91%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A timely and important look at black identity and how it's informed by by stereotypes in the media
Inkoo Kang, TheWrap
Fresh
Where it scores big is its wealth of ideas-visual, emotional, cultural-and its deep well of bitter, voice-of-experience rage
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
Fresh
Screenplay is tight, funny, smart and insightful, and [the] direction has just enough indie feel without becoming too self-conscious or preachy.
Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
The pitch on Dear White People is that it's "Do the Right Thing for the Obama generation," which is both an oversell and a disservice to Justin Simien's witty satire about race relations on a fictional Ivy League campus.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
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