The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
Two youths from the Brooklyn projects, 14-year-old Mister and nine-year-old Pete, attempt to fend for themselves on the streets during a sweltering summer in New York City after their mothers are taken away by the authorities.
23 September 1978, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
12 September 1981, Chicago, Illinois, USA
4 February 1956, Concord, California, USA
22 December 1989, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
March 21, 2017
The Inevitable Defeat Of Mister & Pete will hopefully usher in a new wave of coming of age tales that inspire and redefine expectations.
March 21, 2016
Directing pitfalls notwithstanding, these young stars deliver such earnest performances that the audience will find it hard not to be moved by their tale.
October 11, 2013
Proves to be as awkward as its title thanks to its uneven screenplay and tone, and questionable casting in supporting parts.
November 02, 2013
The expressive performances of the two young protagonists helps to smooth over the rough spots in a script that too often turns sappy and heavy-handed.
October 10, 2013
They may be tiny little kids, but they deliver outsize performances.
October 11, 2013
A gritty, sometimes downright heartwrenching story of two young boys left to fend for themselves for weeks during a boiling-hot summer in a Brooklyn housing project.
October 10, 2013
"The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete" is a moving bit of mischief and mayhem that will break your heart, give you hope, make you laugh, possibly cry.
October 10, 2013
Pitched fascinatingly, at times uneasily, between misery and uplift, "Mister & Pete" tells the story of an endlessly resourceful child who survives the unimaginable over one long summer.
April 14, 2016
Everyone involved here does so much good work that the film's blemishes are easy to overlook.
October 28, 2013
Mister and Pete are, as the title goes, inevitably served up defeat at practically every turn, but ultimately it is outweighed by the strength and resilience the pair come to consistently display in the oppressive face of it.
December 10, 2014
This is an impressive piece of grass-roots filmmaking.
April 08, 2014
At its best, the movie is emotionally rapturous, helped along by Brooks's incredible talent. At its worst, while it avoids falling into poverty porn (to my judgment, at least), it runs into a kind of hysteria of putting children in danger.
