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Sep 15, 2013 · Around the Block: Toronto Review. Christina Ricci stars as an impassioned American teaching Shakespeare to indigenous Australian teens in this drama from writer-director Sarah Spillane.
Sep 19, 2013 · Toronto Film Review: ‘Around the Block’. An attention-grabbing performance by Hunter Page-Lochard is the major selling point of Sarah Spillane's cliche-ridden high school-set drama. By Joe Leydon.
Though Page-Lochard manages to make his passive participation in violence compelling, “Around the Block” remains more lecture than drama about racism and its tragic consequences.
Aug 1, 2014 · But appealing performances, a few tweaks to the clichés of the genre, and a sincere desire to counter outrageous racism go a long way toward making this worth a look.
Movie review of Around the Block (2013) by The Critical Movie Critics | Christina Ricci is a teacher who tries to reach the impoverished in Australia.
- Andrea Demetriades
- Sarah Spillane
The films stars Christina Ricci, Hunter Page-Lochard, Jack Thompson, and Damian Walshe-Howling. The films revolves around an American drama teacher (Ricci) who develops a friendship with a sixteen-year-old Aboriginal Australian boy (Page-Lochard) during the 2004 Redfern riots.
Aug 1, 2014 · Self-serious as an after-school special, subtle, and nuanced as a kick to the face, Around the Block is an exercise in banality -- remarkable only for the sheer number of hokey clichés that it fits in its 104-minute running time. Read More. By Katherine Vu FULL REVIEW. See All 2 Critic Reviews.
