Liberty Heights

Liberty Heights (1999)

  • 87% of critics liked it
    (46 reviews)

  • 71% of users liked it
    (5,154 ratings)

Writer/director Barry Levinson returns to his home town of Baltimore, where he previously set three nostalgic features (Diner, Tin Men, and Avalon) for this story of two brothers growing up in the tumultuous days of 1954, as rock 'n' roll, the atom bomb, and the civil rights movement changed the way… More

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R, 2 hr. 12 min.
Directed By
Barry Levinson
Written By
Barry Levinson
Genres
Drama, Comedy
In Theaters
Nov 17, 1999 Limited
On DVD
Jun 20, 2000
Warner Bros. Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Todd McCarthy, Variety

    A grand slam!

  • Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

    If more people followed Barry Levinson's example and made art after taking issue with something I've written, Hollywood and my mailbox would both benefit.

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

    Liberty Heights is worth a look, with its rich characters and dialogue, and its gorgeous cinematography by Chris Doyle.

  • Judith Egerton, Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

    Excellent re-creation of the clothing and landmarks of Baltimore in the 1950s.

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    Coming to terms with "the other" (whether stranger, enemy, or alien) is as critical to the development of soul now as it was in the 1950s.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Aaron N


    Ada Kurtzman: No, there the other kind. Set in 1954 Baltimore, this is a coming of age story involving two Jewish boys, one in high school, one in college, both going after girls and dealing with the changing in times and issues of race, class, and religion. Ben Foster is the… More

  • Marcus W


    Life for Jews and blacks in 1950's America. That sentence pretty much sums up the film. There's no plot, instead it's a character-lead film but sadly the characters are so cliched that the film ends up being supremely mediocre. Brody is good but has nothing to do,… More

  • Leo L


    A good movie!

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