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  Review by demi adejuyigbe 5

  In awe. Never seen a drama like this that is so loving of its homophobic "antagonists" without sacrificing the empathy you have for the queer character at the center. Makes everything so much more complex. I really loved it. Impressed at how many intersections of femininity, sexuality, gender, and social status/appearances it manages to tackle and tackle well in just 86 minutes. And it's really sweet and charming, too! Learning a character is a poet usually ignites a real bad feeling in my gut, but the lines delivered at the end of this movie are just so perfect I don't want to imagine a version where Lee isn't one. Love love love!

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  Review by Simone ★★★★★ 6

  Nothing makes me happier than when I can see pieces of myself in fictional characters. It makes me feel like I'm not just an island floating about in the world by myself, but that I'm a part of the big picture. For all intents and purposes, Pariah is a fairly typical coming-of-age independent drama. However, I can't think of another film that explores what it's like to be a part of this demographic, so even if it isn't original in terms of the film-making, it fills an important gap. I also can't think of another film that so closely mirrored the tug-of-war I went through with my parents as we all tried to come to terms with the fact that…

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  Review by grace b-p ★★★★

  Nah but cutting from an Audre Lorde quote to Khia's "My Neck, My Back" is modern womanism at its very best

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  Review by Lucy ★★★★½

  "it's not a phase! there's nothing wrong with me!"

  ugh. so good. so good.

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  Review by Sally Jane Black 2

  The camera shakes and weaves, awkwardly bobs around people, leaving their faces lost, leaving their bodies distorted and unfocused, leaving everything indistinct. The lights are tints of blue and red and orange, filters like the Internet, cold even in their warmest moments, shadows and neon, dating this in the now. New York looks like New York anyway; you recognize it anywhere. Adapero Oduye tells more of the story through the way she holds her body, through the way her face fills the frame, through the way she pulls off her girlclothes as if they were toxic, through the way she flinches nervously from tender touch, through how she performs than the quivering camera or the natural dialogue. Through her, we…

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  Review by yanni ★★★★½

  the black lesbian energy emanating from this film is so powerful... god tier queer cinema

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  Review by vanessa ★★★★

  "Heartbreak opens onto the sunrise for even breaking is opening and I am broken, I am open. Broken into the new life without pushing in, open to the possibilities within, pushing out. See the love shine in through my cracks? See the light shine out through me? I am broken, I am open, I am broken open. See the love light shining through me, shining through my cracks, through the gaps. My spirit takes journey, my spirit takes flight, could not have risen otherwise and I am not running, I am choosing. Running is not a choice from the breaking. Breaking is freeing, broken is freedom. I am not broken, I am free."

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  Review by Chris 🦑 ★★★★★ 1

  me, sobbing throughout the last 20 minutes of the film: i just want alike to be happy and successful

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  Review by Madison 🎭 ★★★★½

  hello i'm considering getting 'I am not running, I am choosing' tattooed now! this is what i call lesbian film bitch!

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  Review by lauren ★★★★½ 3

  when her sister told her that it doesn't matter to her......yeah...that's what my sister told me when i told her i was bi two days ago 🥺🥺

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  Review by Dylan ★★★★

  An incredible look at relationships from a up-close perspective that manages to break your heart into a million pieces and put it back together again. Pariah is a sympathetic and lovely coming-of-age story that places a lot of faith in its actors, and for all of the emotion and compassion in the picture, I was a complete emotional wreck by the end due to how beautiful it was. At its heartfelt core, It brilliantly demonstrates human interaction and relationships in a very realistic way, depicting individualism and the various aspects that make each of us distinct, while also showcasing topics of sexuality, gender, and socioeconomic status. Each performance, no matter how brief or lengthy, is absolutely stunning and adds to the sentimental worth and depth of the film, enhancing its overall quality. It's without a doubt one of, if not the best, first-time watches I've seen so far this year. Watch it!

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  Review by ˗ˏˋ Liam ˊˎ˗ ★★★★

  this poetic film ending with a poetic poem ....... now that's what i call Poetic Cinema !