Fences's user reviews
RogerEbert.comOdie HendersonDec 27, 2016 The masterful thing about Denzel Washington?s direction here is that he doesn?t exactly open up the play. Instead, he opens up the visual frame around the players.
Read review Odie HendersonThe movie of 'Fences' doesn't need Hollywood bells and whistles. This writer, this director and these actors are all the magnificence required to grab your attention and hold it.
Read review Peter TraversCan you tell its a play? Absolutely. Does that mean a damn thing? Not when the writing is this richly evocative, and the cast so often soars with it.
Read review Robert AbeleDenzel Washington directs and stars in a towering screen version of August Wilson's play about a flawed inner-city patriarch.
Read review Owen GleibermanDenzel Washington delivers a leonine, devouringly powerful performance as one of American theater's most imposing patriarchs in "Fences".
Read review Ann HornadayThey invite us in to an intimate place thats messy and painful and hard to shake.
Read review Chris NashawatyEbullient, exasperating and implacable, he must be one of the most complex black men ever presented on-screen.
Read review Kyle Smith