Brian Banks Review: Heavy-Handed Biopic is Saved By Strong Acting
Good intentions and Hodge's eloquent, stirring performance help to compensate for Brian Banks' shortcomings as a thinly-sketched inspirational biopic.
Brian Banks
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- Director
- Tom Shadyac
- Release Date
- August 9, 2019
- Cast
- Aldis Hodge , Jose Miguel Vasquez , Melanie Liburd , Sherri Shepherd , Tiffany Dupont , Greg Kinnear , Morgan Freeman , Xosha Roquemore
- Writers
- Doug Atchison
Summary
An All-American high school football star committed to USC finds his life upended when he is wrongly convicted of a crime he didn't commit in this true story-based drama. The film premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival in 2018, ahead of its theatrical release in August 2019. Watch the Brian Banks Trailer
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Brian Banks Trailer: Aldis Hodge Stars in True Story Drama
Straight Outta Compton's Aldis Hodge stars as football player Brian Banks in the trailer for director Tom Shadyac's true story drama, Brian Banks.