Brian Banks

What had the potential to be a really strong film ultimately comes across as a better-than-average-looking TV movie of the week.

Brian Banks tells but one story of our broken system of justice, and it tells it very well.

It is gut-wrenching to watch the unfairness Banks endured and Hodge's performance is amazingly true to life. ..a film that will stay with you for a long time.

Brian Banks is a feel-good movie of triumph over insurmountable odds. Bank's story is one of hope and inspiration and takes only a minor misstep...

"Brian Banks" might not be original, but it's an important tale to tell and one that's told well. (Full Content Review for Parents - Violence, Profanity, etc. - also Available)

There's plenty injustice here to enrage the thinking, feeling citizen, but despite a passionate performance by charismatic Aldis Hodge, this docudrama is nowhere near incensed enough on his behalf.

Aldis Hodge delivers a powerful performance that carries the film in this cautionary true story of Brian Banks which hits close to home in today's society.

An incredible true story that should have never happened.

Shadyac removes every ounce of subtlety from the story...there were better ways to tell this story.

Shadyak plays things straight, with no show-offy visual flourishes, slowly building a full head of indignation and then letting all that pressure out with a whoosh of relief. Best of all, he gets really strong performances out of his players.