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Metascore
44 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattEntertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattIf Tillman ties it all together a little neatly, he’s already served up a message that feels too fresh and important to dismiss — not of hate but of hope, and faith that even if sharing these stories can’t magically fix what’s broken, telling them still matters.
- 90VarietyJessica KiangVarietyJessica KiangWithout compromising the complexity of the issues raised, or condescending to the youth of its protagonists, The Hate U Give strides with absorbing, intelligent certainty through the desperately dangerous, uneven terrain of racially divided America.
- 83IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandIt’s a film that contains multitudes, and only asks for a world willing to do the same.
- 83The A.V. ClubAllison ShoemakerThe A.V. ClubAllison ShoemakerThis is a film that’s tense from its earliest moments and tragic shortly thereafter, but never does it feel gratuitously punishing.
- 80The GuardianGwilym MumfordThe GuardianGwilym MumfordThis is mass-market entertainment with a radical bent, a loudspeaker blast of a teen movie.
- 80It strikes a perfect balance between being a coming-of-age story nestled in a family narrative on the one hand, and a social drama on the other. And in never sacrificing either of those two interests, it becomes a strong example of both.
- 75The PlaylistGregory EllwoodThe PlaylistGregory EllwoodDespite the melodramatic ending, you leave the theater wanting to root for the film and its characters.
- 75Vanity FairKatey RichVanity FairKatey RichIt doesn’t take a dystopian future or a sci-fi bent to present a teenage girl who faces enormous stakes and near-constant potential for violence, and The Hate U Give represents Hollywood’s first real ability to recognize that.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeViewers who've actually been in the protest trenches may long for a grittier take. But in sanitizing some aspects of this experience, The Hate U Give brings the world of protest and agitation a little closer to those whose privilege has made it relatively easy to ignore.
- 50Slant MagazineKeith WatsonSlant MagazineKeith WatsonThe film lays out the complexities of contemporary race relations with a deliberateness that frequently edges over into didacticism.