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Sep 22, 2017MICHAEL TAGGART MALONEY rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Working-class drama done right. Why can't there be more movies like this? Denzel Washington's portrayal of August Wilson's Troy Maxson is brilliant. Viola Davis is great too as his wife Rose. At two hours 20 minutes FENCES grinds on a little a too long, losing its prodigious mojo from the first two-thirds of the film. Nonetheless it is a must-see. I think one of the truths that Wilson is confronting us with is that greatness is often loathsome.