A Raisin in the Sun

A film review by Christopher Null - Copyright © 2000 Filmcritic.com

Sidney Poitier is on fire, as usual, in this play adaptation -- something in the vein of A Death of a Salesman, Long Day's Journey into Night, and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Poitier's family faces racial prejudice as it moves into a new home in an all-white neighborhood while entering an ill-advised business venture that leaves them penniless. The struggle to triumph in the face of adversity transcends the film being pegged as a civil rights picture, and thanks to the leadership of Poitier, a classic is born.

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Rating

4.0 out of 5 Stars

Cast and Crew

  • Director: Daniel Petrie
  • Producer: Philip Rose, David Susskind
  • Screenwriter: Lorraine Hansberry
  • Stars: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Ivan Dixon, John Fiedler, Louis Gossett Jr., Stephen Perry
  • MPAA Rating: NR