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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0043396249615
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: May 13, 2008
Running Time: 131 minutes
Sales Rank: 4282
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: February 25, 2008
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Amazon.com:
Pride and poverty collide in this excellent television movie of the classic play A Raisin in the Sun. When Walter Younger (Sean Combs, a.k.a. P. Diddy), his wife Ruth (Audra McDonald, Private Practice), and his sister Beneatha (Sanaa Lathan, Something New) learn that their deceased father has left their mother Lena (Phylicia Rashad, The Cosby Show) with $10,000 in life insurance, their separate ideas of how to spend it threaten to pull the family apart. Lorraine Hansberry's passionate play ranks in the same tier as Death of a Salesman and Long Day's Journey Into Night. This version is taken from an acclaimed stage production, but the actors have expertly re-pitched their performances for the intimacy of the camera and the script has been subtly but effectively opened up to allow scenes to take place at multiple locations. Lathan, McDonald, and Rashad all deliver rich, multilayered performances; the casting of rapper Combs could have been a mere stunt, but though he lacks the chops of the powerhouse women, he acquits himself decently. Excellent supporting performances from Bill Nunn (Do the Right Thing) and John Stamos round out the cast. All in all, a rewarding adaptation of a play that continues to resonate with America's ongoing struggle with race. --Bret Fetzer
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Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A Raisin in the Sun
I saw it on the stage and was delighted that the performances of these gifted actors was preserved for posterity. I wish there was more great theatre filmed so those who cannot afford the high cost of attending preofessional theatre can stil experience the thrill of great theatrical treasures like this remarkable play.
Rating:  - Puffy vs. Sidney - Sidney wins by a mile
I bought this film to show my 10th grade English class after we finished reading the play. I thought this version might better hold my students attention since it is in color and stars Sean Combs. While the three women do a great job, Sean Combs seems sedated in his role as Walter. He just doesn't have that powder keg ready to explode energy that Sidney Poitier brought to the role. Also for teaching purposes, I would highly recommend showing the Sidney Poitier version. It sticks much closer to the original play. The new version has some unnecessary extra scenes that I assume were added just to get the film out of the apartment.
Rating: - I enjoyed this :->
To be honest, I cannot compare this to the original, the play or the book. I haven't seen or read any of the above. I wanted to see this because I knew of the story, liked the look of the cast and because I knew how acclaimed this is. I really enjoyed it.
I thought acting by ALL was very good and Sean Combs was very good in it; almost like he's an actor rather than music mogul. Phylicia Rashad stole the movie - she played his mother and the scene where she finds out that her late husbands money has all gone, was amazing. I've always known her to be a comic actress and yet this performance was superb. John Stamos has a small role where he plays a nerdy (played well) white guy who is trying to deter the family from moving into a white neiborhood.
As the dvd cover says on the back - "Dreams can make a life worth living, but they can also be dashed by bad decisions". This is mostly what the movie is about. But how the family pull together to still give themselves a better life is the true lesson.
As I said, I cannot compare this version to anything else, but I really enjoyed it and thought it was done very well and acted well by everyone. I hope that it will get some Emmy nods because I feel it's very deserving. I loved it and hope you do as well.
Rating: - Raisin Graduated To A New Class
"Raisin" loaned itself to a brand new generation of viewers and listeners. Although the theme was the same for both, the earlier version with Sidney Poitier and the now version with Sean Combs, it is a powerful movie that transends age, race, and gender. It is a universal story that touches the heart and inspires the soul of any human being who opens its mind to love of family and dreams for a better life. It overcomes injustice, prejudice, racism, sexism, and triumphs on the will of the human spirit. As a writer, Lorraine Hansberry continues to haunt our conscienceness and make us better humans in spite of our frailties. Excellent rating.
Rating: - Michigan Teachers, rejoice!
I teach in Michigan, and the 10th grade curriculum uses RITS as one of its main texts. I really love the play, and this version does a great job showing it on film. All the actors do a great job. One of my students commented, "I can't believe that's P. Diddy - I can't take my eyes off it." Enough said. Have your media center order this or get it yourself for your classroom.
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