O.G. (2018)
O.G. follows Louis (Jeffrey Wright) a maximum-security prison inmate whose impending release is upended when he takes a new arrival under his wing. Starring Jeffrey Wright, Theothus Carter and William Fichtner.
4 June 1962, Pontiac, Michigan, USA
29 July 1972, Schenectady, New York, USA
1 September 1981, Prestonsburg, Kentucky, USA
23 January 1951, Detroit, Michigan, USA
27 November 1956, Mitchell Field Air Force Base, East Meadow, Long Island, New York, USA
16 May 1959, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
29 July 1949, West Point, New York, USA
February 20, 2019
O.G. is inevitably no more illuminating than any other narrative dramatization of prison life.
April 30, 2018
Jeffrey Wright... isn't often cast as a lead in a film, so this performance is a rare gem.
February 22, 2019
An A-plus character study, matched with an actor who is more than up for the challenge.
February 22, 2019
The storyline is powerful and intense, but it's the way the real world seeps through the script and into the plot that makes this such an incredible film.
February 24, 2019
A strong character study with some behind-the-scenes baggage.
February 22, 2019
O.G. is an even-handed film in which the eruptions of violence in prison are not handled in a macho determination to be "edgy" or "gritty" or sensationalistic, and because of that it feels realistic.
February 26, 2019
Wright's performance in O.G. is one of the more compelling ones we've seen this year, and the film itself lets viewers look at a view of prison life that's as realistic as anything we've seen.
October 21, 2018
Jeffrey Wright's deep and full bodied performance is worth the ticket price.
February 25, 2019
Can be a tad slow, a touch too simple, and even a little distracted from making a larger, more declarative point about modern incarceration. But by carving its own path through Louis...it's nothing short of original.
