Fruitvale Station

2013 • 85 minutes

About this movie

This Sundance® award-winner follows the true story of Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan of TV's FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS), a 22-year-old Bay Area resident who wakes up on New Year's Eve, 2008, and decides to get a head start on his resolutions: being a better son to his mother (Octavia Spencer of THE HELP), being a better partner to his girlfriend, and being a better father to T, their beautiful 4-year-old daughter. He starts out well, but as the day goes on, realizes that change will not come easy. As Oscar crosses paths with friends, family, and strangers, we see that there is much more to him than meets the eye. But it is his final encounter of the day with police officers at the Fruitvale BART station that will shake the Bay Area to its very core, causing the entire nation to witness the story and tragic death of Oscar Grant.

Ratings and reviews

If you wanna watch this movie skip to the last twenty minutes and you have seen everything. Unless u wanna c a random dude walk up to a total stranger hand her his phone to let her talk to his grandma and then stupidly walk away to leave his phone with a total stranger while he harrasses his old boss. Oh or watch an idiot pick up a random dead dog off the street and rock it. Creepy like...oh n my favorite was seeing this douchbag play quote unquote gangsta at the jail but goes beserk cause mommy wont hug?ew

The real story behind this movie was a tragic event that should have never happened it's just too bad they made a cheap horrible movie out of it. I'm not sure how everyone thinks this is a great film as the quality is worse then most B rated movies. The story behind the movie had potential to be made into a great film but it was done in such a horrible way.

In the comments huh? Well I was raised in the ghetto of chicago.englewood. Google it if you don't know. My dad's Mexican my mom is black. I was called names as a kid like yellow boy or some other light skinned joke. But as I grew wiser I realized that it was only envy of me. I was different but in a good way. I love all ppl no matter what race. And I hate ppl regardless of race. It's only ONE race....the human race.