Good Fences

January. 22,2003      R
Rating:
5.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Set in the 1970s, Tom Spader is an attorney who is determined to end what he has dubbed "the colored man's losing streak." When his winning of a high-profile case thrusts him into the limelight, he decides to moves his wife and their two kids out of their mixed lower-middle-class town and into the posh enclave of Greenwich, Connecticut.

Danny Glover as  Tom Spader
Whoopi Goldberg as  Mabel Spader
Marie V. Cruz as  Pani Suziharo
Munro Chambers as  Billy
Mo'Nique as  Ruth Crisp
Ryan Michelle Bathe as  Stormy (age 17)
Marlyne Barrett as  Tina
Joy Tanner as  Binky

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Reviews

XoWizIama
2003/01/22

Excellent adaptation.

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Pacionsbo
2003/01/23

Absolutely Fantastic

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PiraBit
2003/01/24

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

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InformationRap
2003/01/25

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

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