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Words fail to really capture the unique, harrowing ride that is seeing the horrors of the 1960s Florida reform school the two young protagonists are trapped in, quite literally through their eyes.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
Certainly, there could have been a more straightforward adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s acclaimed novel about the friendship between two Black boys at a brutal Florida reform school in the early 1960s.
—Glenn Whipp, Twin Cities, 24 Nov. 2024
Advertisement Certainly, there could have been a more straightforward adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s acclaimed novel about the friendship between two Black boys at a brutal Florida reform school in the early 1960s.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
Telling the stories of two Black teens confined to a brutal Florida reform school, Ross almost entirely adopts a subjective camera, shooting from the point of view of his protagonists.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
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circa 1859, in the meaning defined above
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“Reform school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reform%20school. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
reform school
noun
: a reformatory for boys or girls
Legal Definition
reform school
noun
: a reformatory for boys or girls
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