Nickel Boys (2024)

Plot

Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.

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Trailer Official Trailer Trailer Official Trailer 2 Trailer In UK Cinemas 3 January Featurette RaMell Ross, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Daveed Diggs, and More on Nickel Boys Featurette RaMell Ross, Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, and More on Nickel Boys Featurette RaMell Ross Introduces Nickel Boys Featurette RaMell Ross and Barry Jenkins on Nickel Boys and Adapting Colson Whitehead Featurette Nickel Boys Q&A w RaMell Ross Featurette NICKEL BOYS Conversation at AFI Fest 2024 Featurette 'Nickel Boys’ with RaMell Ross, Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson & More | Academy Conversations Featurette LA Premiere Featurette Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Marianne Jean-Baptiste | In Conversation Featurette RaMell Ross on the Friendship of the Characters in NICKEL BOYS Featurette We Are Parable present: NICKEL BOYS preview screening and Q+A at BFI IMAX Featurette RaMell Ross Shaped NICKEL BOYS' Immersive POV Featurette Q&A With RaMell Ross | TIFF 2025 Featurette RaMell Ross on Nickel Boys | FLC Luminaries Featurette 'Nickel Boys' | Scene at The Academy Featurette NICKEL BOYS' POV with RaMell Ross, Ethan Herisse & Brandon Wilson | Making a Scene | TIFF 2025 Featurette JOMO FRAY wins BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards Featurette Writer/Producer Joslyn Barnes Dives Deep with Sean Evans on MLK Jr. & More Featurette Nickel Boys Q&A | RaMell Ross & Jomo Fray | Adapting Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel

Cast

Ethan HerisseElwood

Aunjanue Ellis-TaylorHattie

Jimmie FailsMr. Hill

Ethan Cole SharpYoung Elwood

Sam MalonePercy

Najah BradleyEvelyn

Bill Martin WilliamsOld Man with Cane

Writers and directors

RaMell RossDirector

Joslyn BarnesWriter

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TMDB reviews

Brent Marchant ★ 4.0/10

The artistic choices a director makes while working on a film often contribute much to the success or failure of the finished project. When these decisions aptly suit the nature of the production, the…9. Jan 2025

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CinemaSerf ★ 7.0/10

There are two really engaging performances on offer here as Ethan Herisse and Brandon Wilson deliver a powerful indictment of a Florida school for boys. Induced there with promises of innovative educa…5. Feb 2025

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r96sk ★ 7.0/10

'Nickel Boys' is too slow paced and overly stylistic for my personal liking, but there is no doubting it has quality. I can understand the praise it has received, it's just not overly for me. A good f…2. Mar 2025

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badelf ★ 5.0/10

This film does not work for me. Is it a good story? Yes. Is it a story that has to be told? Absolutely. Is it story that should be filmed in a pseudo-Andy-Warhol-warehouse "art" style? Fercrissake, no…8. Nov 2025

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