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Explicit Ills
Directed by
Mark Webber
R
2008
87m
Drama
,
Romance
5.5
54%
39%
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A drama of four interconnecting stories revolving around love, drugs and poverty in Philadelphia.
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Cast of Explicit Ills
Rosario Dawson
Babo's Mom
Paul Dano
Rocco
Jermaine Crawford
Tony
Rebecca Comerford
Kelly
Martin Cepeda
Demitri
Francisco Burgos
Babo
Naomie Harris
Jill
Frankie Shaw
Michelle
Zoe Lister-Jones
Jenn
Lou Taylor Pucci
Jacob
Mark Webber
Picket Crowd Member / Director / Writer / Producer
Evangeline
Young Woman
Joe Hansard
Bloody Towel Man
Elizabeth Destro
Producer
Sol Tryon
Producer
Explicit Ills Ratings & Reviews
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
This gentle, lovely and consistently surprising survey of life in a Philadelphia inner-city neighborhood that's gradually succumbing to gentrification marks the writing and directing debut of 28-year-old actor Mark Webber.
Spectrum Culture
David Harris
There is nothing worse than heavy-handedness when it comes to a political film and Explicit Ills, produced by Jim Jarmusch, is ham-fisted in its own subtle way.
7M Pictures
Kevin Carr
suffers from a simultaneous affliction of overwriting and underwriting
Filmcritic.com
Bill Gibron
all social smoke and mirrors.
BET.com
Clay Cane
In an era of low-blow comedies and fluff action flicks, this movie will inspire you to be aware, conscious and sensitive.
Los Angeles Times
Robert Abele
A movie that too often feels comprised of arty public service announcements can only be considered a lost opportunity.
Monsters and Critics
Ron Wilkinson
A good first effort with heart felt acting but this film does not provide the thrills and spills some expect from inner city explorations
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
Webber is good with his actors, but he tries to do too much, depict a portrait of the lower-depths in Philadelphia, present a cautionary tale and call to arms, and also suggest a personal memoir or living in this particular city.
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
An impressive directorial debut that manages to be a throughly compelling, honest and socially conscious drama
Boxoffice Magazine
Mark Keizer
Initially promising but ultimately maddening.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Despite a good cast, Explicit Ills is about as phony as it gets.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Gorgeous to look at and touchingly sincere, Mark Webber's directorial debut makes a considerable impact despite its evident flaws.
New York Times
Manohla Dargis
There is much to argue with, and much to regret, about a film whose director thinks he needs to drop an anvil on our heads when art would suffice.
Slant Magazine
Nick Schager
Mark Weber's Explicit Ills has a tenderness that belies its fiery left-leaning political views about urban poverty and social injustice.
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Two of the cast members shine: Lou Taylor Pucci as a drug dealer who finds a new lover and baptizes himself in substance abuse, and Rosario Dawson as a mother trying to care for her asthmatic son with no health insurance.
Village Voice
Aaron Hillis
The film is confidently polished and thankfully more sweet-tempered than preachy, given that every narrative thread has an underlying theme of social injustice.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Peter Schilling
It's the best reflection of inner city life, and its effect on children, since Charles Burnett's 1977 drama Killer of Sheep.
Variety
Robert Koehler
Actor-turned-director Mark Webber combines the worst of two schemes in his debut feature, Explicit Ills: overweening artistic pretense with a crudely conceived political message.
The Hollywood Reporter
John DeFore
Political awareness doesn't spell preachiness in slice-of-life directing debut for actor Mark Webber.
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