{"id":4152,"date":"2016-10-29T11:14:33","date_gmt":"2016-10-29T15:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4152"},"modified":"2026-08-18T13:23:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T17:23:04","slug":"night-catches-us-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4152","title":{"rendered":"Night Catches Us-2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Night Catches Us-2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director Tanya Hamilton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Kerry Washington, Anthony Mackie<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #503<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/70129370.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4153\" src=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/70129370-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"70129370\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/70129370-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/70129370.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed October 29, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: B+<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Night Catches Us (2010), as a film, has some strong qualities and is captivating and interesting to watch.<\/p>\n<p>It is largely set in 1970s Philadelphia and explores the racial tensions of the time.<\/p>\n<p>Kerry Washington and Anthony Mackie star and do a great job with the material.<\/p>\n<p>The film tells the story of a former 1960s Black Panther (Mackie) who returns home after a decade to start his life over, or so he hopes.<\/p>\n<p>Night Catches Us is a combination of love stories and political\/social commentary and is an important film to watch.<\/p>\n<p>The leads, along with Wendell Pierce, are great, and the real-life 1960s Black Panther rally footage is interesting to see from a historical perspective.<\/p>\n<p>My only criticism is that I wanted a bit more.<\/p>\n<p>Certain events seem plot-driven and forced- slightly clich\u00e9d in the romance department- but overall I enjoyed the film very much, especially for Mackie and Washington&#8217;s performances.<\/p>\n<p>Great acting and a socially relevant story.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Independent Spirit Award Nominations:\u00a0<\/strong>Best First Feature<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Night Catches Us-2010 Director Tanya Hamilton Starring Kerry Washington, Anthony Mackie Scott&#8217;s Review #503 Reviewed October 29, 2016 Grade: B+ Night Catches Us (2010), as a film, has some strong qualities and is captivating and interesting to watch. It is largely set in 1970s Philadelphia and explores the racial tensions of the time. Kerry Washington &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4152\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Night Catches Us-2010<\/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":[269,192,41,211,11823],"tags":[3137,12481,2496,12482,3136,3138],"class_list":["post-4152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2010-movie-reviews","category-dramas","category-indiefilms","category-indie-dramas","category-social-issues","tag-anthony-mackie","tag-jamie-hector","tag-kerry-washington","tag-novella-nelson","tag-tanya-hamilton","tag-wendell-pierce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4152","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=4152"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24161,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4152\/revisions\/24161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}