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 move his wife and their two kids out of their mixed lower-middle-class town and into the posh enclave of Greenwich, Connecticut.
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GoodWatch score 69January 22, 2003 · 1 h 59 min · R
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In the United States, Good Fences streams on Prime, fuboTV, and Shout! Factory, and it is free with ads on The Roku, The CW, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Fawesome, Tubi TV, and Amazon MX Player. It also streams in 8 other countries.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 58 (IMDb 5.7).
Yes: it's rated R in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for family nights.
Now and then: the humor is mostly satire (7 of 10).
Mostly character-driven: it leans on character depth (8 of 10) and dialogue centrality (8 of 10) more than on its plot.
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