Looking for a stirring story? Don't miss this week's lineup of dramas showing on the big screen in and around Sacramento.
Here are the highest rated drama films to catch in theaters, based on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer Score, which reflects the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics.
(Movie descriptions courtesy The Movie Database; showtimes via Fandango. Movie ratings and showtimes are subject to change.)
The Mustang
While participating in a rehabilitation program training wild mustangs, a convict at first struggles to connect with the horses and his fellow inmates, but he learns to confront his violent past as he soothes an especially feisty horse.
With a Tomatometer Score of 95 percent and an Audience Score of 65 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "The Mustang" has garnered plenty of praise since its release on March 15.
Boston Globe's Peter Keough said, "It is handsomely shot, affectingly acted and narratively predictable," while Soren Andersen of the Seattle Times called it "A stringent tale of a struggle for redemption."
You can catch it at The Tower Theatre (2508 Land Park Drive) through Thursday, April 4. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Fight Club
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.
With a Tomatometer Score of 79 percent and an Audience Score of 65 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, this 1999 release is a worthy candidate for your viewing pleasure.
"An outrageous mixture of brilliant technique, puerile philosophizing, trenchant satire and sensory overload, 'Fight Club' is the most incendiary movie to come out of Hollywood in a long time. It's a mess, but one worth fighting about," according to David Ansen of Newsweek.
In the mood for popcorn? It's playing at The Tower Theatre (2508 Land Park Drive) at 7 p.m. Monday, April 1. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Green Book
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.
With a Tomatometer Score of 78 percent and an Audience Score of 92 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Green Book" is well worth a watch.
The Atlantic's Christopher Orr said, "First-rate execution can't solve all of a film's problems, but (Viggo) Mortensen and (Mahershala) Ali offer a reminder that it can solve an awful lot of them."
Interested? It's playing at UA Arden Fair 6 (1739 Arden Way) through Thursday, April 4. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
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