Luce

"Naomi Watts, Tim Roth and Octavia Spencer are all excellent, but Kelvin Harrison Jr is the real star."

""Luce" preserves what a rock-solid piece of stage writing can achieve... while providing an opportunity you don't get in a theatrical setting, whereby audiences can study the faces of the central performers up close."

"It's a drama that moves like a thriller with a stark, uncomfortable score and a series of seat-edge confrontations both heating up a difficult debate over trust, expectation and racial stereotypes."

"This provocation about race, privilege and the expectations that come with both features a star-in-the-making Kelvin Harrison Jr. and adds up to some kind of wallop-packing miracle."

"A deeply smart film about race and expectations."

""Luce" is a neatly constructed puzzle, an engrossing weave of suburban drama and sociopolitical whodunit."

"A smart and sophisticated inquiry into race and class."

"Though provocative enough to start some film-fest conversations, it's unconvincing on too many fronts to go far."