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FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN ALL C AT EGORIES T O D D M c C A R T H Y "' FENCES ' IS AS IMPECCABLY ACTED AND HONESTLY FELT A FILM ADAPTATION OF AUGUST WILSON ' S CELEBRATED PLAY AS THE LATE AUTHOR COULD HAVE POSSIBLY WISHED FOR. Denzel Washington and Viola Davis, along with the rest of the fine cast, bat a thousand. It's a work of poetically heightened realism, with down-home chatter, soaring monologues, boisterous drunken riffs and blunt dramatic confrontations in which Troy bitterly and sometimes cruelly draws the lines between him and those closest to him. " D A V I D E H R L I C H " Washington brings August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece to the screen with incredible performances. ' FENCES ' IS A LANDMARK OF AMERICAN ART, unflinchingly weighing the smallness of human lives against the immensity of those living them. Washington's immense, lived-in performance makes Troy Maxson A TRULY INESCAPABLE FORCE OF NATURE. VIOLA DAVIS ' S PORTRAYAL OF ROSE IS A MASTERPIECE. ' FENCES ' HAS NEVER BEEN MORE RELEVANT. " O W E N G L E I B E R M A N " DENZEL WASHINGTON DIRECTS AND STARS IN A TOWERING AND IMPASSIONED SCREEN VERSION OF ' FENCES. ' August Wilson's dialogue is a marvel — soulful, naturalistic, and profane, at moments downright musical in the snap of its cadences. Washington tears through it with a joyful ferocity, keeping both sides of Troy in beautiful balance. The acting is all superb. Viola Davis delivers a performance of tearful, scalding agony. AS YOU WATCH ' FENCES, ' THERE ' S NEVER A DOUBT THAT THESE LIVES MATTER. " FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN ALL C AT EGORIES T O D D M c C A R T H Y "' FENCES ' IS AS IMPECCABLY ACTED AND HONESTLY FELT A FILM ADAPTATION OF AUGUST WILSON ' S CELEBRATED PLAY AS THE LATE AUTHOR COULD HAVE POSSIBLY WISHED FOR. Denzel Washington and Viola Davis, along with the rest of the fine cast, bat a thousand. It's a work of poetically heightened realism, with down-home chatter, soaring monologues, boisterous drunken riffs and blunt dramatic confrontations in which Troy bitterly and sometimes cruelly draws the lines between him and those closest to him. " D A V I D E H R L I C H " Washington brings August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece to the screen with incredible performances. ' FENCES ' IS A LANDMARK OF AMERICAN ART, unflinchingly weighing the smallness of human lives against the immensity of those living them. Washington's immense, lived-in performance makes Troy Maxson A TRULY INESCAPABLE FORCE OF NATURE. VIOLA DAVIS ' S PORTRAYAL OF ROSE IS A MASTERPIECE. ' FENCES ' HAS NEVER BEEN MORE RELEVANT. " O W E N G L E I B E R M A N " DENZEL WASHINGTON DIRECTS AND STARS IN A TOWERING AND IMPASSIONED SCREEN VERSION OF ' FENCES. ' August Wilson's dialogue is a marvel — soulful, naturalistic, and profane, at moments downright musical in the snap of its cadences. Washington tears through it with a joyful ferocity, keeping both sides of Troy in beautiful balance. The acting is all superb. Viola Davis delivers a performance of tearful, scalding agony. AS YOU WATCH ' FENCES, ' THERE ' S NEVER A DOUBT THAT THESE LIVES MATTER. "