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99% Rotten Tomatoes Cinematography Soopum Sohn Director Ben Bowman | 8.1/10 IMDb Directed by Ben Bowman Initial release October 2016 (Canada) Screenplay Ben Bowman, Bryan Abrams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Gbenga AkinnagbeBen BowmanJonathan Gray Written by Bryan AbramsBen Bowman Starring Gbenga AkinnagbeAlfre WoodardAmari Cheatom Music by Mike ShobeBenjamin Wright Music director Michael Shobe, Benjamin Wright Cast Gbenga Akinnagbe, Alfre Woodard, Amari Cheatom, Nikiya Mathis, Lauren Hodges Similar South of Pico, Jumpin' at the Boneyard, Everyday People, Run for Your Life, Where Hope Grows | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Knucklehead official trailer
Knucklehead is a 2015 American drama film directed by Ben Bowman. It premiered at the 2015 BAMCinématek New Voices in Black Cinema festival.
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Plot
Convinced that prescription drugs can cure his mental disorder, a neighborhood eccentric (Gbenga Akinnagbe) ventures out of Brooklyn’s housing projects to escape his controlling mother (Alfre Woodard), and to find the one doctor who he believes can treat him.
Cast
Release
The film premiered as the opening night film at the BAMCinématek New Voices in Black Cinema festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on March 26, 2015. It was scheduled for release in the U.S. and Canada in late 2016.
Critical reception
Colin Covert gave the film a positive review in Newsweek, writing: “Deftly combining melancholy, tragedy and sly humor, the story is engineered so its gripping drama dovetails neatly with the lead's starry-eyed optimism and the likability of sundry supporting characters. As if juggling chainsaws, Bowman delivers a film that is both troubling and comically upbeat“
John Defore at The Hollywood Reporter praised the cast, citing Gbenga Akinnagbe for his “sympathetic performance” as the mentally challenged Langston, “in a film that will attract attention more for a brutal turn by Alfre Woodard as his controlling mother.” Justin S. Myrick is called out for his portrayal of Arthur, Langston's young friend with, "a smartass spark that animates scenes and balances the bleak situation at home." It was scheduled for a late 2016 release in the U.S. and Canada.