Behind the scenes
Summary
Elijah has been bounced from group home to group home throughout his turbulent young life.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- Graphic violence bothers you
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 78GoodWatch 70
Audience score93%
IMDb6.3
Running time
1 h 34 min
Shorter than most dramas, −15 min on the typical 109
typical 10994Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
2001
April 27, 2001
25 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
- Drug useNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 31 more76 people
- Q-TipElijah Dixon
- Mary J. BligeMom
- Harold PerrineauUncle Cee
- Fat JoeBig Pete
- Ian 'Blaze' KellyInmate
- EMEric McCollumThomas Wilson
- DRDenee RiveraJolie Martinez
- J'Justin 'DJ' SpauldingYoung Elijah
- Javier NunezEugene
- Elvis CostelloPublic Defender / Teacher
- Fisher StevensProsecutor
SnowOfficer McIntyre- JPJoe ParadiseChief Berry
Danny HochHarris
Bobbito GarciaBrown
Hassan JohnsonJay- CDClay Da RaiderKT
- CMCasper MartinezC.O. Villar
Jamie HectorPhone Kid
Mateo GómezMr. Gonzalez
Ryan TobyTeacher's Assistant- PAPeggy A. KirkpatrickGroup Home Counselor
N.O.R.E.Big Ski- DWDominique WaltersYoung Thomas (as Dominique 'Lil Nique' Walters)
Directing · 1
- Darnell Martin Director, Writer
Writing · 1
- Q-Tip Writer
Production · 1
- Robert De Niro Producer
Camera · 1
- Alexander Gruszynski Director of Photography
Other crew · 1
- G.A. Aguilar Stunt Coordinator
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