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      A Raisin in the Sun

      TV-14 2008 2 hr. 11 min. Drama List
      86% 7 Reviews Tomatometer 70% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score Lena Younger (Phylicia Rashad) receives a settlement from her husband's life insurance policy and then must decide what to do with the money. She wants to move out of their apartment into a house in a more genteel neighborhood. Her eldest son, Walter (Sean Combs), aspires to be an entrepreneur. Daughter Beneatha (Sanaa Lathan) hopes to go to medical school. Though their aspirations collide, they try to find a way to retain their family's cohesion. Read More Read Less

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      Young C Good movie, but Diddy is cooked. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/24 Full Review Nicholas K I think that A Raisin in the Sun 2008 is a lovely faithful retelling of the original novel. As in certain scenes Walter is jumping around and singing showing off how happy he is sometimes and I think this is how he really was acting in the book. The welcoming committee man is also really well done here showing off how a passive aggressive character should be done. When Bobo comes and tells about the news of the 6,500 dollars you can see the grief and utter pain he was experiencing at this moment, him begging for Mama's forgiveness. There is real emotion in these scenes and how the characters really were acting. I say that this film is a perfect representation of the novel. I feel a connection to all the characters and how they are as a person. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Great fantastic almost phenomenal movie starring Sean Diddy combs and some other great actors. Compared to the original movie it's not as good but still a really good adaptation. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member its was good me and my class are watching the 2008 on YouTube everybody in my school says its good and it brings ppl together and lean about different skin colors and where everybody come black or white or asin or anybody Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Espectacular! Los dialogos, las actuaciones y toda la trama excelentes. Definitivamente de mis favoritas desde hace años. Si te gusta el drama es un must see. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Great fantastic almost phenomenal movie starring Sean Diddy combs and some other great actors. Compared to the original movie it’s not as good but still a really good adaptation. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/04/18 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      John Leonard New York Magazine/Vulture ... Raisin works well on television, like so many other fifties plays that tended toward the Freudian and claustrophobic, with their Munch-scream close-ups and slammed Ibsen doors. Jan 5, 2018 Full Review Dennis Harvey Variety No one will mistake this well-produced but inevitably dialogue-driven piece for pure cinema, but Leon and adapter Paris Qualles open up the play just enough to avoid the usual stage-to-screen claustrophobia. Jan 30, 2008 Full Review Anne Louise Bannon Common Sense Media Thoughtful, play-based drama examines racism. Rated: 4/5 Jan 1, 2011 Full Review Peter Canavese Groucho Reviews A quintessentially American play, revisited...this one has towering performances from Rashad and McDonald. Rated: 3.5/4 May 28, 2008 Full Review Kam Williams NewsBlaze An African-American classic every bit as relevant today as when it was first staged. Rated: 4/4 Feb 18, 2008 Full Review Jessica Baxter Film Threat A Raisin in the Sun isn't bad... for a TV MOVIE. Rated: 3/5 Jan 29, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Lena Younger (Phylicia Rashad) receives a settlement from her husband's life insurance policy and then must decide what to do with the money. She wants to move out of their apartment into a house in a more genteel neighborhood. Her eldest son, Walter (Sean Combs), aspires to be an entrepreneur. Daughter Beneatha (Sanaa Lathan) hopes to go to medical school. Though their aspirations collide, they try to find a way to retain their family's cohesion.
      Director
      Kenny Leon
      Executive Producer
      Craig Zadan, Neil Meron, Diddy, Carl Rumbaugh, Susan Batson, David Binder
      Screenwriter
      Paris Qualles
      Production Co
      Zadan/Meron Productions, Sony Pictures Television, Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group, Storyline Entertainment
      Rating
      TV-14 (L)
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jun 2, 2017