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The Public

2019, drama

122 minutes

An act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from the bitter cold.

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6.5

based on 5 critics

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12+

Country

United States

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10

2018-09-12

A genuine, deeply moving movie about the hypocrisy in politics, how fake news can manipulate people’s opinion yet how generosity and human kindness still prevails over evil. Read more

8.3

2019-07-03

It’s not perfect, but for what it was going for, it did a lot of things right, and for that, I’m glad to have seen it. Read more

6.0

2019-04-03

The Public makes a worthy stump speech for its checklist of modest societal issues. Read more

4.0

2019-08-02

With a cast of greats and some big things it wants to say, The Public is a well intentioned but awkward misfire. It’s a decent ethics lesson but not a compelling film, there’s very little reason to seek this out. Read more

4.0

2019-04-03

The film has a respect for books and libraries that is indeed admirable, but by the time Goodson starts reading from Steinbeck on live TV, it becomes painfully evident what The Public wants to be when it grows up. Read more

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