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02/13/09
Down in the Delta (1998)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:16
Rotten:5
Average Rating:6.8/10
Synopsis: A city girl gets shipped off to stay with her family in the Mississippi Delta by her mother in order to convalesce from her drug addiction. While there, she works alongside her grandfather at the... [More]
Starring: Alfre Woodard, Al Freeman, Esther Rolle, Mary Alice
Director: Maya Angelou
Reviews for Down in the Delta
Top CriticMaya Angelou's stunning feature directorial debut.
02/05/07
Not particularly groundbreaking, and neither is its message, but it's all done with sensitivity and intelligence by Angelou.
01/02/07
I was not thrilled about having to see it. But, sitting there in the dark, I became tremendously moved by the movie, and I have not forgotten its power.
05/26/06
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07/21/05
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06/22/05
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04/09/05
Employs too many redundant, stagy flashbacks to tell the story of Loretta's ancestors.
07/01/04
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11/06/03
A powerful performance from Alfre Woodard captured by Angelou's quiet, poetic direction.
07/10/03
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03/19/02
Shows that every family has a potential for resiliency and growth, no matter what the problems.
03/03/02
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