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Black or White
2015 2h 1m PG-13
Drama
6.6
39%
65%
68%
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A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life.
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Directed By
Mike Binder
Written By
Mike Binder
Studio
Treehouse Pictures
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Cast of Black or White
Kevin Costner
Elliot Anderson
Jillian Estell
Eloise Anderson
Jennifer Ehle
Carol
Gillian Jacobs
Fay
Octavia Spencer
Rowena Jeffers
Bill Burr
Rick Reynolds
Joe Chrest
Dave
Indigo
Young Nurse
Mpho Koaho
Duvan
Angela Jones
Rita
Anthony Mackie
Jeremiah Jeffers
Paula Newsome
Judge Cummins
David Jensen
Eldridge
John McConnell
Vertell
Lindsey G. Smith
Andrea
André Holland
Reggie Davis
Ireyon Johnson
Kristen
Janeline Hayes
Dondi
Bertha Bindewald
Rosita
Ernest Wells
Uncle Victor
Joseph Fischer
Therapist
Robert Larriviere
Neighbor (Ted)
Lily Costner
Vocalist
Mark Kroner
Bailiff
Lola Phillips
School Girl (uncredited)
Janet Lynn Carey
Lawyer (uncredited)
Sadarias Harrell
Rowena's Family Member (uncredited)
Kenneth Kynt Bryan
Court Clerk (uncredited)
Ronnie Hooks
Elliott's Neighbor (uncredited)
Claire McReynolds
Eloise's Friend (uncredited)
Black or White Reviews
Boston Globe
Peter Keough
Despite the best of intentions, a career-best performance from Kevin Costner, and outstanding work by Octavia Spencer and child actor Jillian Estell, "Black or White" succumbs to some of the same stereotypes it tries to dispel.
RogerEbert.com
Matt Zoller Seitz
It's often painful, and not in a good way; it's painful because of the roads it doesn't explore, the shortcuts it takes, and the special pleading it can't stop itself from indulging in.
New York Daily News
Joe Neumaier
Sometimes flawed material can be saved by great performances and good intentions.
Detroit News
Tom Long
"Black or White" stumbles even as it tries to move forward.
AV Club
A.A. Dowd
Binder, who once made lowbrow comedies but now specializes in middlebrow dramedies, is in several leagues over his head with this story ...
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
It may be helpful - or vexing - to think of "Black or White" as the great grandchild of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?"
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
The film is by no means perfect and its goals are undermined by a sloppy climax and conclusion but it avoids preaching while providing fodder for thought.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Oh, the bathos! The loony wrongheadedness of the screenplay!
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Kevin Costner gives everything he's got to the role, but writer-director Mike Binder, who worked beautifully with Costner on 2005's The Upside of Anger, finds himself on the downside of juggling stereotypes.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
The movie is appealing enough to make you want to believe it, even when you don't.
Arizona Republic
Barbara VanDenburgh
A movie that's every bit as oversimplified and obvious as its title.
Washington Post
Stephanie Merry
The title suggests there are no easy answers. So why does everything feel so tidy?
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Williams
A well-intentioned, white-perspective drama like "Black or White" isn't going to change the world, but it might change the terms of an overdue conversation.
Slant Magazine
Eric Henderson
Kevin Costner scowls and darts around the dubious thin line between "racism" and un-sugarcoated "truthfulness" that only anti-P.C. wingnuts actually believe exists.
National Newspaper Publishers Association
Dwight Brown
This very shallow, poorly conceived and developed film, which is based on a true story, is a well-meaning misfire.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Bilge Ebiri
Black or White isn't so much an offensive movie as it is a pointless one.
Movie Mom
Nell Minow
Binder continues to be better with the small moments than the big ones.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
Talk about tin ears. "Black or White" comes off as the product of clouded eyes, sour stomachs and addled brains.
Chicago Reader
Ben Sachs
This is undeniably well-intentioned, though, and the players are sensitive and sincere.
USA Today
Claudia Puig
If only Black or White spent more time in the gray zone.
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