Sweetwater

Name: Sweetwater
Genre: Drama, Romance, History

DramaRomanceHistory25m

🍅26%

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26%

Tomatometer

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95%

Popcornmeter

Storyline

Against the backdrop of the Gay Liberation Movement of the 1970s, a pastor’s daughter begins a high-stakes clandestine relationship with another girl, a rebellious outcast, while working in their small town’s flower shop, the summer before going off to college.

Details

DirectorLydia Venema

StatusPost Production

Original languageEnglish

Budget

$4.7K

Reviews

7 reviews · 6 critics

2 fresh · 4 rotten

Tim Cogshell

RTFilmWeek (LAist)Apr 24, 2023

A perfectly affable telling of the integration of the NBA.

Dwight Brown

RTDwightBrownInk.comApr 19, 2023

The direction, acting, script and production team are all in play, but nothing scores.

Robert Daniels

RTRogerEbert.comApr 14, 2023

What begins with a frame recalling “Driving Miss Daisy,” unfortunately, quickly descends into “The Legend of Bagger Vance.”

Todd Jorgenson

RTCinemalogueFeb 23, 2024

Somehow, a biopic about one of basketball’s most innovative and dynamic players is dull and derivative, turning this attempt to showcase the story of a pioneering Black superstar into a cinematic airball.