Marshall

Reginald Hudlin directs this historical drama, set in 1941, with an apt blend of vigor and empathy.

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Marshall turns a real-life hero into the lead of a pretty good courtroom drama.

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A workmanlike but vividly acted courtroom drama.

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Boseman brings this badass attorney oozing warranted confidence to life opposite Gad’s non-confrontational everyman experiencing the true power of his occupation as a result. And Brown steals the show with an emotional turn able to earn empathy from the most jaded audience member like Spell did Marshall. It’s time new generations learn Thurgood’s name.

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Director Reginald Hudlin handles the story with just enough finesse to make its details more thrilling than uneasy.

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A young Thurgood Marshall defends a black chauffeur accused of kidnapping and raping a wealthy white woman in Connecticut.

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“Marshall” makes a likable legal thriller from the real life of Thurgood Marshall.

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'Black Panther' star Chadwick Boseman plays the first African-American Supreme Court justice, Thurgood Marshall, in Reginald Hudlin's biopic.

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Boseman brings another legendary African American to life in Reginald Hudlin’s zippy, focused courtroom drama.

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Like his character, Mr. Boseman is the star of this show, while Mr. Gad is the second banana and often comic relief. Both performers are natural showmen who never step on each other’s moment; they’re fun to watch.

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But is anyone telling the truth in this particular case? And will the all-white jury in the non-racist-in-name-only upscale Bridgeport even care? Therein lies the rub, and a fine origin story for a real-life superhero (complete with macho foibles) worthy of his own Marvel-esque action figure.

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Marshall arguably intends for societal 20/20 hindsight to provide the bulk of perspective throughout.

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