年度二十部電影佳作 很可能有一半你沒聽過

4. 'Fences'
《藩籬》

What a triumph for Denzel Washington, who directs and stars in the film version of the stage success by the late, great August Wilson. Washington is monumental as a former Negro League baseball player now collecting garbage in Pittsburgh and roaring against anything that challenges his authority as husband and father. Viola Davis is Oscar material as his wife. The film betrays its origins as a play. But what a play. And you won't see performance fireworks like this anywhere.
該片改編自奧古斯特?威爾遜的舞臺劇，由丹澤爾?華盛頓執導并親自擔綱男主角，取得了巨大的成功。華盛頓扮演的前黑人聯盟棒球運動員淪落成為匹茲堡的清潔工，他不容自己作為丈夫和父親的權威受到任何挑戰。飾演華盛頓妻子的則是曾提名奧斯卡獎的維奧拉?戴維斯。這部電影沒有忠于原著，卻超越了原著。你無法在其他表演中看到這樣的火花。

網友評價：

茶葉蛋少女：我太喜歡這個本子了……歷史和未來的價值觀的搏斗。

舌在足矣：舞臺劇改編電影容易陷入的一個問題就是無法產生電影感，而這部影片也沒有解決這個問題。影片尤其是前半部分，舞臺劇感實在太強了。作為導演的丹澤爾?華盛頓沒有太多亮點，全片幾乎全靠劇本托起。