Shadrach

1998

Action / Drama

6
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 62% · 16 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 62% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 1423 1.4K

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Plot summary

In 1935, 99-year-old former slave Shadrach asks to be buried on the soil where he was born to slavery, and that land is owned by the large Dabney family, consisting of Vernon, Trixie and their seven children, and to bury a black man on that land is a violation of strict Virginia law.

Director

Susanna Styron Photo
Susanna Styron

Top cast

Andie MacDowell Photo
Andie MacDowell as Trixie
Darrell Larson Photo
Darrell Larson as Father
Harvey Keitel Photo
Harvey Keitel as Vernon
Martin Sheen Photo
Martin Sheen as Narrator
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810.1 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 28 min
Seeds 2
1.47 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 28 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ALittaM 7 / 10

A wonderful movie for children and grownups

This is movie portrays childhood, summer and the 30s in a wonderful and poetic way. An old man's will to be buried in the land he was born is no easy subject to put up in a movie, but the makers managed to give this story a very touchy style which helped it a lot. Children should watch it and learn what the Depression was like and how close we actually are to those days (the boy is alive nowadays and has met a man who has been a slave - history's not that far at all). And they would also learn a very deep lesson on life and its ways.For once Andie McDowell stars in a role different from the high-class girl she used to play (think about Green Card and The Groundhog Day). And for once Harvey Keitel doesn't get on my nerve!
Reviewed by synash-79487 7 / 10

Sweet

I stumbled upon this movie, bored and flipping through channels. I can't give a review on scenery, music, direction, acting, etc. Because I viewed "Shadrach" after viewing "12 Years a Slave", binge-watching "Underground" (the one with Jurnee Smollett), and seeing update after update about the Capitol Insurrection and the George Floyd trial. I was left exhausted, sad and angry because truth hurts. So I'm watching "Shadrach" and was curious about Paul's curious summer with the Dabney family and Shadrach. And it was just - sweet. It draws you in. The fact that most of the cast were newcomers made it all the more special. Is it a believable story? I don't know. Can a woman in an impoverished marriage with 7 kids and guzzles beer like Gatorade still look so great? If only. But there is love winning over hatred, privileged and dirt poor folk worshipping together and civility over law. Take a break from the world and watch something sweet.
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