Fruitvale Station

Name: Fruitvale Station
Genre: Drama
Released: 2013-07-26
Duration: 82 min
Rating: 4.5
Cast: Octavia Spencer, Keenan Coogler, Julian Keyes, Kenny Grimm, Laurel Moglen

Every step brings you closer to the edge

Rating

4.5 (1)

Release Date

7/26/2013

Runtime

82 mins

Genres

Drama

Overview

Oakland, California. Young Afro-American Oscar Grant crosses paths with family members, friends, enemies and strangers before facing his fate on the platform at Fruitvale Station, in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$900,000

Revenue

$17,600,000

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How It Feels

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A quietly devastating portrait of an ordinary young man's final day, structured around an approaching tragedy you cannot prevent. The film treats Oscar Grant's humanity and relationships with such care that the inevitability of what's coming becomes almost unbearable.

Mood

TenseDread-soakedIntimateMournful

Themes

RaceMortalityFamilyIdentity

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Meditative

Look

NaturalisticHandheldDocumentary-like

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Racial violence

Michael B. Jordan

Oscar Grant

Melonie Díaz

Sophina

Octavia Spencer

Wanda

Kevin Durand

Officer Caruso

Chad Michael Murray

Officer Ingram

Ahna O'Reilly

Katie

Ariana Neal

Tatiana

Keenan Coogler

Cato

Trestin George

Brandon

Joey Oglesby

Cale

Michael James

Carlos

Marjorie Crump-Shears

Grandma Bonnie

Reviews

stormaciousd

May 8, 2025

Brings the tears even on a rewatch

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stormaciousd

Feb 8, 2023

Fruitvale Station is heartbreaking. Beginning and ending with actual footage of the real people... I'm not used to crying so much so early into a film.
Was the stray dog part a bit too much, especially since it didn't really happen? Yeah. Do I care? No.

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