The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Fifteen Black men gather in South Central LA to take a cross-country bus trip to attend the Million Man March in Washington, DC in October 1995. Among the attendees are an eclectic set of characters, including a laid-off aircraft worker, a man whose at-risk son is handcuffed to him, a Black Republican, a former gangsta, a Hollywood actor, a cop of mixed racial background, and a white bus driver. All make the trek discussing issues surrounding the March, including manhood, religion, politics, sexuality, and race.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Metacritic84/100
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
81 audience votes
Key crew
- Spike LeeDirector
- Reggie Rock BythewoodWriter
- Terence BlanchardOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Richard BelzerRick
- De'Aundre BondsEvan Thomas, Jr. / 'Smooth'
- Andre BraugherPhilip 'Flip'
- Thomas Jefferson ByrdEvan Thomas, Sr.
- Gabriel CasseusJamal
- Albert HallCraig
- Hill HarperXavier 'X' Moore
- Harry LennixRandall
- Bernie MacJay
- Wendell PierceWendell Perry
- Roger Guenveur SmithGary Rivers
- Isaiah WashingtonKyle
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Themes
washington dc, usahandcuffsbusroad tripmemphis, tennesseeracismjuvenile delinquentlgbtmarchbus tripdiscriminationmixed race