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Luce
Directed by
Julius Onah
R
2019
1h 49m
Drama
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6.6
91%
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A married couple is forced to reckon with their idealized image of their son, adopted from war-torn Eritrea, after an alarming discovery by a devoted high school teacher threatens his status as an all-star student.
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Cast of Luce
Kelvin Harrison, Jr.
Luce Edgar
Naomi Watts
Amy Edgar
Octavia Spencer
Harriet Wilson
Tim Roth
Peter Edgar
Norbert Leo Butz
Dan Towson
Andrea Bang
Stephanie Kim
Marsha Stephanie Blake
Rosemary Wilson
Omar Brunson
Corey Johnson
Noah Gaynor
Kenny Orlicki
Stro
DeShaun Meeks
Christopher Mann
Coach Reeves
Hannah Cabell
Lena Tennyson
Colton Osorio
Little Boy
Gibson Frazier
Man
Ian Unterman
Other Man
Meredith Holzman
Woman
Liza J. Bennett
Karen
Samantha Posey
Beth
Souléymane Sy Savané
West African Man
Mfoniso Udofia
West African Woman
Rachel Wenitsky
Molly
Amanda Troya
Kelly Martinez
Zoe Whitford
Female Student
Julius Onah
Director / Writer / Producer
J.C. Lee
Writer
John Baker
Producer
Andrew Yang
Producer
Luce Ratings & Reviews
Vox
Alissa Wilkinson
It's a tense, sometimes incendiary movie that constantly challenges its audience. You never know who has the upper hand in any conversation, or who is telling the truth.
FilmWeek (LAist)
Amy Nicholson
I enjoyed this a lot -- I'm excited for people to argue about it when they leave [the theater].
Houston Chronicle
Cary Darling
"Luce" doesn't offer easy answers and, thanks in part to former Portishead linchpin Geoff Barrow's glitchy score, keeps viewers constantly off-balance, like a night of heavy drinking.
Baltimore Magazine
Max Weiss
There's lots of interesting stuff to chew on...it's never less than compelling.
Mediaversity Reviews
Robert Daniels
Luce upends the Exceptional Negro trope in this slow-burn thriller.
Detroit News
Adam Graham
This is a powerful film that shows how far some will go to protect the reality they choose to believe. It gets into your head and stays there.
Austin Chronicle
Richard Whittaker
Luce's power is that it refuses to ever pander to absolutes. Its commitment to ambiguity, to complexity, is defining. It never evades its stage roots -- nor should it have to, as its formality is pivotal.
Boston Globe
Nora McGreevy
Thanks to a remarkably nuanced performance by Harrison and Onah and J.C. Lee's tightly-crafted script, the answers to our questions emerge either piecemeal or not at all.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
A funny thing happened while watching "Luce." With only a half-hour or so of the movie left to go, it suddenly occurred to me: I wasn't sure what the movie was actually about.
The Atlantic
David Sims
By the end of the film, viewers might not feel provoked so much as led in circles to a conclusion that can't do justice to the story's fiery setup.
Entertainment Weekly
Leah Greenblatt
No one gets off easy here, and no one quite gets answers, either; maybe that's the point.
Associated Press
Lindsey Bahr
Although it's might not be all that surprising that Watts, Spencer and Roth deliver masterful performances, it's possible that some audiences will just be meeting Harrison Jr., who gives a nuanced and star-making turn as the titular character.
AV Club
A.A. Dowd
Luce lets such questions hang constantly and unsettlingly over its entire fleet running time. The plot turns out to be a puzzle with multiple pieces, falling gradually into place.
Slant Magazine
Pat Brown
On the whole, the film is an unvarnished reflection of the ugliness of American attitudes toward assimilation.
New York Magazine/Vulture
David Edelstein
In the end, you're left with a movie that doesn't quite jell but expands in the mind. It's an excellent Book Club movie - it demands to be discussed, debated, embraced, or (perhaps) rejected.
RogerEbert.com
Odie Henderson
The constant manipulations make Luce profoundly dissatisfying both as a thriller and as social commentary.
New York Post
Johnny Oleksinski
"Luce" is a taut, extremely watchable movie, though the dialogue could loosen up a touch.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
The narrative, framed as a psychological mystery, labors under more layers of significance than it can handle without falling into contrivance and argumentation. Still, the dramatic core is strong.
New York Times
Ben Kenigsberg
To say that it unfolds like a play is both accurate and undersells how gorgeously it has been rendered for the screen.
Los Angeles Times
Justin Chang
"Luce" is a neatly constructed puzzle, an engrossing weave of suburban drama and sociopolitical whodunit.
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