"Fences" is a movie by Denzel Washington based on the play of the same name. As I watched it I could see that it is still a play. It is rich in dialogue and superbly acted by Viola Davis and Denzel with a great supporting cast. This story is set in the early 1950's in Pittsburg and is about a Refuse worker and his family- a very unusual family at that. He is in his about 53 and has a 35 year old son by one woman and a 17 year old son by his current wife.
It is a brutal story of a man that did not have a good father-figure who grew up to be a bad father as well. He had the one quality that many of us baby-boomers knew: He believed in responsibility over love. He is a rotten guy that everyone puts up with hoping for better. This is a rich story and a hard one.
One of the best of the year but not for the young (all dialogue no action) PG13
It give it *****stars out of five, 2016 Movie 45.
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