The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete 2013 Watch Free in HD

Two youths from the Brooklyn projects, 14-year-old Mister and nine-year-old Pete, attempt to fend for themselves on the streets during a sweltering summer in New York City after their mothers are taken away by the authorities.

Genre:

Drama

Actors:

Skylan Brooks, Ethan Dizon, Jennifer Hudson, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jordin Sparks, Julito McCullum, Anthony Mackie, Jeffrey Wright, Kenneth Maharaj, Nikkieli DeMone, Joseph Adams, ...»

Director:

George Tillman Jr.

Country:

United States

Release:

2013

IMDb:

7.5

Quality:

Duration:

108 min

RogerEbert.com

Proves to be as awkward as its title thanks to its uneven screenplay and tone, and questionable casting in supporting parts.

October 11, 2013

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Cinemalogue.com

The expressive performances of the two young protagonists helps to smooth over the rough spots in a script that too often turns sappy and heavy-handed.

November 02, 2013

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Black Girl Nerds

The Inevitable Defeat Of Mister & Pete will hopefully usher in a new wave of coming of age tales that inspire and redefine expectations.

March 21, 2017

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New York Post

A gritty, sometimes downright heartwrenching story of two young boys left to fend for themselves for weeks during a boiling-hot summer in a Brooklyn housing project.

October 11, 2013

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Movie Mezzanine

At its best, the movie is emotionally rapturous, helped along by Brooks's incredible talent. At its worst, while it avoids falling into poverty porn (to my judgment, at least), it runs into a kind of hysteria of putting children in danger.

April 08, 2014

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Los Angeles Times

"The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete" is a moving bit of mischief and mayhem that will break your heart, give you hope, make you laugh, possibly cry.

October 10, 2013

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Independent Online (South Africa)

Directing pitfalls notwithstanding, these young stars deliver such earnest performances that the audience will find it hard not to be moved by their tale.

March 21, 2016

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New York Times

Pitched fascinatingly, at times uneasily, between misery and uplift, "Mister & Pete" tells the story of an endlessly resourceful child who survives the unimaginable over one long summer.

October 10, 2013

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Washington Post

They may be tiny little kids, but they deliver outsize performances.

October 10, 2013

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TheMovieReport.com

Mister and Pete are, as the title goes, inevitably served up defeat at practically every turn, but ultimately it is outweighed by the strength and resilience the pair come to consistently display in the oppressive face of it.

October 28, 2013

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Cinemixtape

Everyone involved here does so much good work that the film's blemishes are easy to overlook.

April 14, 2016

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Minneapolis Star Tribune

This is an impressive piece of grass-roots filmmaking.

December 10, 2014

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