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A Raisin in the Sun

Play trailer Poster for A Raisin in the Sun TV-14,  2008,  2h 11m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 86% 7 Reviews Tomatometer 70% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
86% Tomatometer 7 Reviews 70% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Lena Younger (Phylicia Rashad) receives a settlement from her husband's life insurance policy and then must decide what to do with the money. She wants to move out of their apartment into a house in a more genteel neighborhood. Her eldest son, Walter (Sean Combs), aspires to be an entrepreneur. Daughter Beneatha (Sanaa Lathan) hopes to go to medical school. Though their aspirations collide, they try to find a way to retain their family's cohesion.

Critics Reviews

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John Leonard New York Magazine/Vulture Jan 5, 2018
... Raisin works well on television, like so many other fifties plays that tended toward the Freudian and claustrophobic, with their Munch-scream close-ups and slammed Ibsen doors. Go to Full Review
Dennis Harvey Variety Jan 30, 2008
No one will mistake this well-produced but inevitably dialogue-driven piece for pure cinema, but Leon and adapter Paris Qualles open up the play just enough to avoid the usual stage-to-screen claustrophobia. Go to Full Review
Anne Louise Bannon Common Sense Media Jan 1, 2011
4/5
Thoughtful, play-based drama examines racism. Go to Full Review
Peter Canavese Groucho Reviews May 28, 2008
3.5/4
A quintessentially American play, revisited...this one has towering performances from Rashad and McDonald. Go to Full Review
Kam Williams NewsBlaze Feb 18, 2008
4/4
An African-American classic every bit as relevant today as when it was first staged. Go to Full Review
Jessica Baxter Film Threat Jan 29, 2008
3/5
A Raisin in the Sun isn't bad... for a TV MOVIE. Go to Full Review
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Han P Aug 2, 2008 A quintessentially American play, revisited...this one has towering performances from Rashad and McDonald.
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Cast & Crew

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Kenny Leon

Director

Diddy

Walter Lee Younger

Phylicia Rashad

Lena Younger

Audra McDonald

Ruth Younger

Sanaa Lathan

Beneatha Younger

John Stamos

Carl Lindner

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A Raisin in the Sun

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Movie Info

Synopsis Lena Younger (Phylicia Rashad) receives a settlement from her husband's life insurance policy and then must decide what to do with the money. She wants to move out of their apartment into a house in a more genteel neighborhood. Her eldest son, Walter (Sean Combs), aspires to be an entrepreneur. Daughter Beneatha (Sanaa Lathan) hopes to go to medical school. Though their aspirations collide, they try to find a way to retain their family's cohesion.
Director
Kenny Leon
Producer
John M. Eckert
Screenwriter
Paris Qualles
Production Co
Zadan/Meron Productions, Storyline Entertainment, Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group, Sony Pictures Television
Rating
TV-14 (L)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 2, 2017
Runtime
2h 11m
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