Armageddon Time

Armageddon Time

2022 · 114 min · EN · R · 6.6 (325 votes)
Dir. James Gray · Starring Banks Repeta, Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, Jaylin Webb, Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Sell · Music Christopher Spelman

The end of an era. The beginning of everything.

Drama

In 1980, Queens, New York, a young Jewish boy befriends a rebellious African-American classmate to the disapproval of his privileged family and begins to reckon with growing up in a world of inequality and prejudice.

VIBE

A tender, yet somber look back at childhood friendships and the dawning realization of societal inequalities. It feels like a hazy, bittersweet memory tinged with the anxieties of growing up in a complex world.

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