We Grown Now

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In 1992 Chicago, as Michael Jordan solidifies himself as a champion, a story of two young legends in their own right begins. As wide-eyed and imaginative best friends Malik and Eric traverse the city, looking to escape the mundaneness of school and the hardships of growing up in public housing, their unbreakable bond is challenged when tragedy shakes their community just as they are learning to fly.

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Critics Consensus

Casting grim environs in a nostalgic glow, We Grown Now is a coming-of-age story whose tinges of fantasy only make it feel more honest.

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Tomris Laffly

Variety

Baig has a textured, refreshingly unfussy way of perceiving coming-of-age stories, favoring intimate moments over explosive ones, with an assured handle on a sense of time and place.

May 20, 2024

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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

It's dreamlike but always rooted in a recognizable reality.

May 8, 2024

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Aparita Bhandari

Globe and Mail

The two young actors are fantastic. The film truly lies on their delicate shoulders. And they soar to the challenge, mouthing lines that feel out of place – no matter how precocious these kids may be.

May 8, 2024

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Andrea Thompson

A Reel of One's Own

Much like The Florida Project, there’s a certain lightness in the fact that we are seeing an impoverished setting through the eyes of a child, even if things are a lot less grim in Minhal Baig’s We Grown Now.

Jun 10, 2024

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Sarah Vincent

Sarah G Vincent Views

If you are like me and did not see “We Grown Now” when it was in theaters, we failed one of the best theatrical releases of 2024

May 25, 2024

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Eric Marchen

Rogers TV

A poetic portrayal of childhood friendship set against the backdrop of Chicago’s Cabrini-Green public housing jump-starts in the fall of 1992, sometimes missing the mark with too much Malickian whimsy.

Rated: B

May 11, 2024

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Marcus M

Best movie of the year for me. Simple yet incredibly effective. I cried so hard.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/06/24

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M.B.W

The movie was poetic and well written.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/05/24

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Molly

Easy to relate to. A positive movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/04/24

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JOCELYN P C

Excellent acting and storyline.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/03/24

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Mel S

Loved the storyline and the characters.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/30/24

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Sherry

They should have put this on television. I still would not have watched it. This movie was so boring and I am unsure what message the writers were trying to relay. I dont see where the we grown now even comes into play. Everyone in the theater, which was only a handful of people, kept waiting and commenting on when something was going to happen. It never did.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/28/24

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Minhal Baig

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Blake Cameron James

Malik

Gian Knight Ramirez

Eric

S. Epatha Merkerson

Anita

Lil Rel Howery

Jason

Jurnee Smollett

Dolores

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Synopsis

In 1992 Chicago, as Michael Jordan solidifies himself as a champion, a story of two young legends in their own right begins. As wide-eyed and imaginative best friends Malik and Eric traverse the city, looking to escape the mundaneness of school and the hardships of growing up in public housing, their unbreakable bond is challenged when tragedy shakes their community just as they are learning to fly.

Director: Minhal Baig
Producer: Joe Pirro, Minhal Baig
Screenwriter: Minhal Baig
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: Participant, Symbolic Exchange
Rating: PG (Thematic Material and Language)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 19, 2024, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $293.9K
Runtime: 1h 33m