60
Metascore
4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperThis is an old-fashioned and borderline corny biopic that looks like it could have been made 40 years ago — but it’s also a true-life story about a man who denounced his racist lineage and dedicated himself to the cause, a man who is still with us today, and it’s a story well worth telling.
- 70VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonBrown’s well-crafted and period-persuasive biopic strikes a dramatically sound and emotionally satisfying balance between the moral awakening of its white protagonist and his relationships with sometimes encouraging, sometimes skeptical Black leaders and foot soldiers.
- 50The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergAccepted on its terms, the film does a reasonably absorbing job of dramatizing how Zellner’s convictions strengthened, pulling him away from the security of inaction.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreIt’s not that the performances are incompetent. The script is alarmingly tone-deaf.