The Hate U Give

2018 Directed by George Tillman, Jr.

Two worlds. One voice. No going back.

Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn between her two very different worlds as she tries to speak her truth.

Amandla Stenberg Regina Hall Russell Hornsby K.J. Apa Common Anthony Mackie Algee Smith Lamar Johnson Issa Rae Sabrina Carpenter TJ Wright Dominique Fishback Megan Lawless Tony Vaughn Karan Kendrick Susan Santiago Rayven Symone Ferrell Marcia Wright Drew Starkey Dustin Lewis Rhonda Johnson Dents Brian Lafontaine Al Mitchell Iyana Halley Tanya Christiansen Andrene Ward-Hammond Heaven Hightower Myles Evans Kai N. Ture Show All…

Alternative Titles

The Hate U Give - La haine qu'on donne, Ваша ненависть, The Hate You Give

drama crime

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Review by Sean Baker 17

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

I had to keep reminding myself that this is based on a YA novel because it goes way over the top in the last twenty minutes. It's a very tight film that is bold in tackling issues for a mainstream audience but because it is targeting a youth audience, there is no restraint. I'm referring to the full blown riot that becomes a Hollywood action sequence leading to the convenient downfall of the bad neighborhood drug dealer (Anthony Mackie). This is where I feel the filmmakers, who were delicately walking the political tightrope, unfortunately decide to support the black and white criminalization of drug dealing, forgetting the exploration of the systemic violence that leads to it - which they were…
Review by Connor ★★ 15

A messy message.
Coming in, I wasn’t really expecting much out of this movie based on the trailer alone. I had a very similar negative reaction to the trailer for Blindspotting, but that ended up being one of my favorite movies of the year so far, so I was hoping The Hate U Give would turn out similarly. Unfortunately my fears came true, and although the message for the film is obviously necessary, the execution is quite poor. The movie starts off with some very corny narration that acts as if it’s a dumb children’s movie, and I immediately knew how this film would turn out. My least-favorite aspect of the film is definitely the writing, the dialogue and plot…
Review by Patty Romp ★★★★★ 2

“It’s the same story, just a different name”
Freddie Gray
Sam Dubose
Philando Castile
Terence Crutcher
Alton Sterling
Jamar Clark
Jeremy McDole
Tamir Rice
Michael Brown
Eric Garner...
The list goes on... this is why they kneel... I was crying the whole damn movie (no, I’m not over exaggerating... this movie brought me to tears for its entire 2+ hour run time). Strong performances by Amandla Stenberg and Russell Hornsby... THIS IS AMERICA
“It is impossible to be unarmed, when our blackness is the weapon that they fear”
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Review by ethan ★★★★★ 3

am I REALLY CRYING OVER A HARRY POTTER WAND
Review by Allison M. ★★★½ 7

I was saddened to learn of screenwriter Audrey Wells' death and I had this lined up to see. Amandla Stenberg gives a great performance as Starr Carter, caught up in two worlds: her life in an African American community and her life at prep school. The film is way better than the trailer. All of the supporting characters are solid as well. The social injustice portrayed is definitely dramatized. However, it uses real examples of people who were unjustly killed including Emmett Till and Sandra Bland. It upsetting to know that police brutality exists, but refreshing to know that young people will stand up to it and fight it until it stops.
Vegan alert:
Some non-vegan foods are featured.
There is also extreme violence toward humans in this film.
Review by Tyler 'Llewyn' ★★★½ 2

good movie but KJ Apa possessed by Casey Frey being Amandla Steinbergs new white boyfriend almost made me scream as soon I saw him in frame

Recent reviews

Review by Michael Offerosky ★★★★½

Important film for our time from Milwaukee bred director George Tillman, Jr. Based on a young adult novel by Angie Thomas. What makes this work is this isn't just about a social issue. The film is made real and personal through the character of Starr (an incredible performance by Amandla Stenberg). Starr is caught between two worlds. One is the black and sometimes dangerous neighborhood she lives in called Garden Heights which is run by drug kingpin King (Anthony Mackie) and his gang. The other is a white suburb called Williamson where she goes to a Catholic private school. She feels torn between two personalities she has to put on in each place. Her family feels like a family you…
Review by amanda ★★★★

comecei a assistir esse filme enquanto me arrumava pra um show e fui assistindo até o caminho. nem sei se é tão bom assim mas serviu pra me distrair e eu gostei
Review by lilstephv ★★

I was a big fan of the book but sadly
The movie didn’t interest me as much was disappointed. But overall the book was good
Review by jordanbelfort ★★

Hat mich ziemlich enttäuscht. Score, Kamera und Editing sind gut - handwerklich ist The Hate U Give sowieso einwandfrei. Sobald es aber an die Substanz geht (Dialoge, Charaktere, Story) gerät der Film ins Wanken.
Viele Konflikte werden völlig überdramatisiert und sind in ihrer Auflösung nicht zufriedenstellend, andere Konflikte verlaufen dagegen völlig im Sand. Generell wird das ganze schnell zum Melodrama, bei dem wenig nachvollziehbar ist. Gegen Ende kommt dann noch der generische Kitsch dazu und der Film verkommt endgültig zum austauschbaren Standarddrama. Schade.
Review by 𝕛𝕒𝕟𝕖 ★★★½

Last winter break me and my friend arranged to see this movie but we just couldn't because of it's strong theme, it was a time relax and maybe we did a blunder because with it's strong message it has those typical high school movie tropes. The narration part felt exaggerated and the film itself was powerful enough so it didn't really need that. Amanda Stenberg gives a terrific performance as girl living in a black neighborhood but has to attend a rich kids high school, she suffers injustice on a daily basis but has to get through it just because she's "an unprivileged hood girl". All performances are great and I highly recommend this film.

Also all power to all the people biatch the hate u give little infants f's everybody
Review by Geoffrey Farr ★★★½

Amanda Stenberg and Regina Hall as mother and daughter in a film that was much better than I expected
Review by spiritgamer234 ★★

I couldnt finish it
Sorry
Review by Harris ★½

Glad this film is tackling some important social issues, but this shit is so corny and poorly executed. The dialogue is also a whole other level of doo doo, making for some embarrassing scenes. Except the part where Starr scared her Lauren Southern looking ass friend for repeating too many talking points from "Ben Shapiro owns college liberal compilation" videos, she gets my respect. Besides that, this is really a mess of a film that struggles to form its own identity (Especially the whole King sub plot and the last 20+ minutes of this film) as it gives off superficial critiques while providing nothing of substance. This film feels like a made for TV movie you'd be assigned to watch in a grade 10 sociology class, and have to write a 1200 word analysis about that is due next week.
Review by carolbrasil ★★★½

kinda cringy in the beginning... but in a authentic and honest way. still really touching, strong and incredibly important.
Definitely won’t forget it so soon