{"id":330,"date":"2014-06-24T12:50:58","date_gmt":"2014-06-24T12:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=330"},"modified":"2026-09-23T15:17:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T19:17:38","slug":"fruitvale-station-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=330","title":{"rendered":"Fruitvale Station-2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Fruitvale Station-2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director Ryan Coogler<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Michael B. Jordan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #64<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/70267488.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1315\" src=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/70267488-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"70267488\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/70267488-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/70267488.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed June 24, 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: B+<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Without knowing all the details of this incident, and only considering what the film presents, Fruitvale Station (2013) is a good film.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the film is in the lead-up to the big incident.<\/p>\n<p>While not perfect, the victim is presented as a good guy who helps strangers and stray dogs, loves his daughter, and has a great heart.<\/p>\n<p>He lives a tough life, has been in and out of prison, and is forced to sell drugs to make a living.<\/p>\n<p>But he has a strong family unit (mother, grandmother, girlfriend, friends), so he lives a decent life.<\/p>\n<p>The cops in question are presented very negatively (intense, racist, and brutal).<\/p>\n<p>Again, I don&#8217;t know what happened, but obviously, the filmmakers are on the victim&#8217;s side (as they should be). The police&#8217;s reasons are revealed at the end of the film.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a heartfelt, good, solid portrayal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Independent Spirit Award Nominations: 1 win-<\/strong>Best Male Lead-Michael B. Jordan, Best Supporting Female-Melonie Diaz, Best First Feature <strong>(won)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fruitvale Station-2013 Director Ryan Coogler Starring Michael B. Jordan Scott&#8217;s Review #64 Reviewed June 24, 2014 Grade: B+ Without knowing all the details of this incident, and only considering what the film presents, Fruitvale Station (2013) is a good film. Most of the film is in the lead-up to the big incident. While not perfect, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=330\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fruitvale Station-2013<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,158,192,41,211],"tags":[12722,12721,2624,7407,4186,4185,2775,4184],"class_list":["post-330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2013-films","category-bios","category-dramas","category-indiefilms","category-indie-dramas","tag-ahna-oreilly","tag-chad-michael-murray","tag-forest-whitaker","tag-kevin-durand","tag-melonie-diaz","tag-michael-b-jordan","tag-octavia-spencer","tag-ryan-coogler"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=330"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24600,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions\/24600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}