Synopsis
Kicked out by his parents, a gay teenager leaves small-town Indiana for New York's Greenwich Village, where growing discrimination against the gay community leads to riots on June 28, 1969.
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Cast
- Jeremy IrvineDanny Winters
- Jonny BeauchampRay / Ramona
- Joey KingPhoebe Winters
- Caleb Landry JonesOrphan Annie
- Matt CravenDep. Seymour Pine
- David CubittCoach Winters
- Vladimir AlexisCong
- Ben SullivanQuiet Paul
- Andrea FrankleJoyce Winters
- Patrick GarrowBob Kohler
Recommendations
- 60
The Hollywood Reporter
If the resulting drama, Stonewall, seldom escapes its cliches or cookie-cutter characters, it also recounts a political origin story in relatable, often affecting terms. - 50
The A.V. Club
Though it delivers disaster-movie specialist Roland Emmerich’s usual mix of pop iconography, cornball Americana, and conspiracy theory, and benefits from some better-than-average performances in hokey roles, Stonewall is a farrago. - 40
The Guardian
An outrageously misjudged drama that flirts with the story of the birth of the gay rights movement. - 40
Screen Daily
Danny’s story isn’t dramatic or affecting enough to carry the film and other characters never develop into anything more than colourful ciphers. Irvine is appealing and relatable, but his performance isn’t always convincing and he’s handicapped by some clunky dialogue. - 40
Variety
Stonewall is no disaster, and to all those waiting to tear it apart, perhaps the best that can be said is that Emmerich’s film is neither as bad nor as insensitive as predicted, though it’s politics certainly are problematic. - 40
Austin Chronicle
Maybe Stonewall will have more value to younger viewers for whom the riots and gay marginalization in general are distant history and might be vivified by watching the film. Yet even though the film’s heart seems genuine, its structure is buttressed by falsies. - 38
Slant Magazine
At its worst, the film dangerously repackages the queer experience using language invented by those originally deployed to break it apart. - 25
The Playlist
Every single one of Emmerich’s moves can be seen coming from several miles away, and yet, not because they adhere to any semblance of historical fact. Somehow, Emmerich makes a severely underserved narrative feel groaningly familiar.
