September 24, 2009
I enjoyed the scenes the most and the W.C. was wonderful!!!
A love story of bikes and one-night stands told through two African-American twenty-somethings dealing with the conundrum of being a minority in a rapidly gentrifying San Francisco.
DVD Release Date: September 9, 2008
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April 10, 2009
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
March 6, 2009
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Writer-director Barry Jenkins demonstrates a rare ability to communicate a state of mind through images. full review
February 2, 2009
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
Smart, funny, and visually gorgeous, with the intimacy of a relationship drama and the resonance of a city portrait. full review
January 30, 2009
Nick Schager, The Screengrab
Concluding on a fittingly less-than-happy note, the promising but uneven film knows what it wants to say, if not, ultimately, exactly how to say it. full review
January 30, 2009
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
It is an exciting debut, and a film that, without exaggeration or false modesty, finds interest and feeling in the world just as it is. full review
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