Fresh
This is an impressive piece of grass-roots filmmaking.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
Only the strong Rise Above
2013 · 1h 48m · R
Drama
Directed by
George Tillman Jr.
Overview
Coming of age story about two inner city youths, who are left to fend for themselves over the summer after their mothers are taken away by the authorities.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
91%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A gritty, sometimes downright heartwrenching story of two young boys left to fend for themselves for weeks during a boiling-hot summer in a Brooklyn housing project.
Sara Stewart, New York Post
Fresh
Pitched fascinatingly, at times uneasily, between misery and uplift, "Mister & Pete" tells the story of an endlessly resourceful child who survives the unimaginable over one long summer.
Manohla Dargis, New York Times
Fresh
They may be tiny little kids, but they deliver outsize performances.
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Fresh
"The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete" is a moving bit of mischief and mayhem that will break your heart, give you hope, make you laugh, possibly cry.
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times
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