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	The real Antwone Fisher - at CTF
		Antwone Fisher was born in prison to seventeen-year-old Eva Mae Fisher and twenty-three-year-old Eddie Elkins.
		Antwone was placed in foster care within the first few weeks of his life, and for two years he lived with a loving family.
		Antwone Fisher spent eleven years with the Navy where he learned many lessons and befriended a Navy psychiatrist, Commander Williams (portrayed by Denzel Washington in the film), who helped him realize his potential.
	www.chasingthefrog.com /reelfaces/antwonefisher.php (634 words)

	Antwone Fisher
		Antwone Fisher, as a directing debut is not as daring as
		While the story of real life Antwone Fisher, a former Sony security guard turned screenwriter, would seem to be intriguing source material, Luke defies the script, which is otherwise heavy-handed, to add subtle shadings to his portrayal of an adolescent at risk, who against all odds, has survived.
		His Antwone is perpetually set on simmer, with a rage from unresolved childhood traumas set to boil over from the slightest distress.
	www.culturevulture.net /Movies/AntwoneFisher.htm (748 words)

	Antwone Fisher - Leading Authorities Speakers Bureau
		After one of Fisher and Mizz Pickett's fights, she followed through on her threat to "send him back." Fisher packed his meager belongings into a grocery bag, and braved the long bus ride to the Child Welfare social services office alone.
		Fisher began to accept that he came from somewhere and he decided that someday he would unravel the mystery of where that was.
		He thinks about how he'll explain his life to his daughter, and hopes that she understands that he was made of the "same strong stuff of which she is made." His greatest hope is that she sees his fortune as the result of the true goodness of people who exist in the world.
	www.leadingauthorities.com /24171/Fisher_Antwone.htm (1352 words)

	"Antwone Fisher" - Salon
		"Antwone Fisher" is the first indication that movies may be new territory for people who want to flaunt the stories of their horrendous upbringings.
		By the time Fisher was born in Cleveland in the mid-1970s, his father had been shot to death by an ex-girlfriend.
		It opens with a jaw-dropper of a dream sequence where the young Antwone is surrounded by generations of his ancestors at a family dinner (it looks like the Pilgrims' feast reimagined by Toni Morrison for a long-distance commercial) and ends with that dream being realized.
	www.salon.com /ent/movies/review/2002/12/19/antwone/index.html (1121 words)

	Antwone Fisher (2002) - A Hollywood Jesus Movie Review
		Unfortunately for Antwone, his foster mother was as successful at browbeating and demeaning her many wards as she was at lying to the Child Welfare authorities.
		"Antwone Fisher" is the story of a man who digs inside himself to discover therein lies a king...
		Antwone Fisher (the person) is in many ways a miracle in the flesh.
	www.hollywoodjesus.com /antwone_fisher.htm (1422 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Antwone Fisher
		Fisher would rather languish in the brig than on the shrink's couch, but Davenport breaks down the seaman's resistance by ordering military police to haul Fisher into the psych office for weekly appointments until the patient starts talking.
		Antwone Fisher is not in the league of those classics, having more the structure of one of those Douglas Sirk potboilers everyone mocks but everyone imitates.
		The soft-spoken Fisher isn't the most scintillating orator you'll hear, but his unstudied likability makes it easy to understand why this group of Hollywood heavyweights invested their time and talents in bring his story to the silver screen (or the silver disc, for those of you who waited).
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/antwonefisher.php (2294 words)

	Antwone Fisher
		Antwone Fisher (Derek Luke) is a young sailor with a violent streak.
		Fisher is immediately uncooperative but the doctor has lots of experience with the likes of Antwone and a waiting game ensues.
		Antwone begins to straighten out his troubled life, with Davenport and Cheryl attentive help, and he finally decides to make the journey back to his past in order to give himself a positive future.
	www.reelingreviews.com /antwonefisher.htm (1115 words)

	The real Antwone Fisher - at CTF
		Antwone was placed in foster care within the first few weeks of his life, and for two years he lived with a loving family.
		The state eventually put Antwone back in the foster system, claiming that Antwone's attachment to his foster mother could be problematic.
		Antwone Fisher spent eleven years with the Navy where he learned many lessons and befriended a Navy psychiatrist, Commander Williams (portrayed by Denzel Washington in the film), who helped him realize his potential.
	www.reel-faces.com /reelfaces/antwonefisher.php (634 words)

	CNN.com - The real Antwone Fisher - Jan. 10, 2003
		Fisher: "Sometimes people need to have some tragedy in their life to be able respect the struggle and path that other people have had in their life."
		Fisher reports his earliest memories are of being sexually abused, beaten, tied up and left in a basement for hours, sometimes days.
		Fisher also told his life story in "Finding Fish: A Memoir," a book he wrote while the film was stalled in development.
	www.cnn.com /2003/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/10/fisher (716 words)

	Orbital Reviews: Antwone Fisher (2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Antwone Fisher (Derek Luke) is a somewhat troubled young man who serves with the United States Navy, but constantly fights with fellow officers, usually because they have provoked him through rude comments.
		Fisher was a security guard at Sony and, unknown to the filmmakers at the time, actually urged newcomer Derek Luke to audition for the role.
		Antwone Fisher has a number of flashbacks throughout the film that show the events discussed from Fisher's past, which are usually gripping yet disturbing accounts of his rough childhood.
	www.orbitalreviews.com /movies/AntwoneFisher.html (497 words)

	SPLICEDwire \| "Antwone Fisher" review (2002) Denzel Washington, Derek Luke
		Antwone Fisher is a first-time screenwriter who sold his autobiographical script while working as a security guard on the Sony Pictures lot.
		Ordered into counseling, Fisher (played by puissant but nuanced newcomer Derek Luke) pulls a "Good Will Hunting," giving his Navy psychiatrist the silent treatment in a several-session showdown until he realizes the sooner he talks, the sooner he'll be able to stop wasting his time there.
		Fisher's abuse-related fear of sexuality, his proudly stubborn self-reliance that melts into cleaving neediness when he finds his therapist accepts his anger, the huge chip on his shoulder and his underlying sagacity -- all of it comes simply and unconditionally though Luke's choleric yet susceptible eyes.
	www.splicedonline.com /02reviews/antwonefisher.html (602 words)

	Austin 360 Movies: 'Antwone Fisher' Reviews --- The New York Times
		"Antwone Fisher," the story of a troubled young African American sailor whose sessions with a Navy psychiatrist prod him to embark on a scary but ultimately healing journey of self-discovery, is a movie so profoundly in touch with its own feelings that it transcends its formulaic tics.
		Early in Antwone's therapy the doctor gives him John W. Blassingame's book "The Slave Community," which theorizes that the harsh discipline Antwone (like countless children like him) endured as a foster child growing up in Cleveland was an internalized reflection of the abuse his ancestors suffered at the hands of slave owners.
		Antwone becomes a surrogate son to the doctor, who is himself in denial about the pain of his childless marriage.
	www.austin360.com /movies/content/movies/reviews/a/antwonefisher_nyt.html (1093 words)

	Hacked By Chironex Fleckeri - Movie Review
		And, as Antwone tells of being shunted between orphanages, foster homes, reform schools and shelters in his early years, the two begin to form a remarkable bond.
		Joy Bryant is fantastic as Antwone's blossoming love interest, with her and Luke displaying the kind of natural on-screen chemistry rarely seen among many far better-known players.
		Antwone Fisher is by far the most moving picture I have seen in a very long time.
	www.movie-gazette.com /cinereviews/462 (1000 words)

	All-Reviews.com Movie/Video Review: Antwone Fisher
		Fisher got into so many fights that you'd probably figure that this is a fellow you're not going to like.
		Though the real Antwone Fisher became a security guard at Sony Pictures Studios after his stint in the Navy and had little writing experience, he was hired by producer Todd Black to script his own life: that's how compelling his story must have seemed to him.
		Fisher at his word, though, we watch most impressive performances from the ensemble, particularly the give and take between Mr.
	all-reviews.com /videos-5/antwone-fisher.htm (353 words)

	CNN.com - The real Antwone Fisher - Jan. 10, 2003
		Fisher: "Sometimes people need to have some tragedy in their life to be able respect the struggle and path that other people have had in their life."
		Fisher reports his earliest memories are of being sexually abused, beaten, tied up and left in a basement for hours, sometimes days.
		Fisher also told his life story in "Finding Fish: A Memoir," a book he wrote while the film was stalled in development.
	cnn.com /2003/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/10/fisher (716 words)

	'Antwone Fisher'
		Based on a true story, "Antwone Fisher" is directed with a steady hand by Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington, who might have played the lead 20 years ago.
		Young Antwone was put in an orphanage and eventually placed in a foster home with a storefront preacher and his abusive wife.
		Fisher's harrowing story is revealed to the audience in bits and pieces, just as it's told to Davenport.
	www.post-gazette.com /movies/20030101antwone5.asp (572 words)

	Antwone Fisher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Antwone Quenton Fisher (born August 3, 1959 in Cleveland, Ohio,) is an African-American author, screenwriter, and film producer.
		Antwone Fisher was born in a woman's prison in Ohio to his mother, who was incarcerated at the time.
		Fisher said in his autobiography that the time spent with this family was where the nightmare of his childhood began.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Antwone_Fisher (798 words)

	The Popkorn Junkie :: Antwone Fisher
		The film is "Antwone Fisher" and it's Denzel Washington's directorial debut, which I had no idea, till it said "a film by Denzel Washington" at the end, I kinda like having it the end, instead of at the beginning.
		Anyway, Antwone Fisher is a man who never knew his father, and was born in a woman's correctional facility, then sent to an orphanage, and later adopted by an abusive family.
		When Antwone turned 18, he left the hell that was his adopted family, and didn't know what to do with his life.
	www.popkornjunkie.com /reviews/antwonefisher.html (876 words)

	Antwone Fisher
		Antwone Fisher (Derek Luke) is in his mid-twenties and has joined the Navy because he is homeless.
		Antwone has never been around a loving, supportive family on Thanksgiving day, and when he starts getting razzed about missing the cooking of a mother he never had, he controls himself well enough to get up and leave the table without verbally or physically lashing out at Berta's father.
		Later, when Antwone is reunited with his mother and he tells her things and asks questions, he is on par with the best performances of actors such as Denzel, Russell Crowe and Robert De Niro.
	www.reelmoviecritic.com /holiday2002/id1743.htm (875 words)

	Antwone Fisher \| ajc.com
		"Antwone Fisher" is based on a true story, written by Fisher himself (he also did the screenplay).
		Fisher (Derek Luke) is a hotheaded Navy ensign with serious rage issues.
		It all points to a neatly tied-up happy ending, where Antwone finds a new family with Davenport and his wife (who have their own problems) and settles down into a serious relationship with Cheryl (Joy Bryant), a comely Navy recruit.
	www.ajc.com /movies/content/shared/movies/reviews/A/antwonefisher.html (713 words)

	TheMovieBoy Review: Antwone Fisher (2002)
		It is soon discovered that Antwone, who was born in prison and then handed over to social services, grew up in a disturbingly abusive household and joined the Navy because he had nowhere else to go.
		Cheryl, for example, listens and cares for Antwone, and does not blink twice when he admits to her that he has been seeing a psychiatrist and has a lot of personal troubles.
		An upbeat dream that Antwone has in the beginning is recalled in real life near the end, and the results aren't heartwarming as much as they are overly cornball.
	www.themovieboy.com /reviews/a/02_antwonefisher.htm (768 words)

	Modamag.com \| Antwone Fisher (Movie Review)
		This lends “Fisher” with a more vivid quality, as it doesn’t shy away from amazing moments of horror in detailing Fisher’s upbringing, nor does it fail when it comes to soliciting tears from the material.
		“Antwone Fisher’s” claim to fame is that it is Denzel Washington’s debut as a director.
		The climax of “Antwone Fisher” is perpetually sweet, and has a heart the size of Texas, but it sends the wrong message of a clean break for Fisher, when I doubt it was that easy in real life.
	www.modamag.com /antwonefisher.htm (442 words)

	Antwone Fisher
		Antwone has to be evaluated and treated by the African American psychiatrist, Dr. Jerome Davenport.
		During their weekly sessions, Antwone tells the therapist about his birth father, who died at the hands of a former girlfriend before Antwone was born, and about his widowed mother, who gave birth to him while she was in prison.
		Antwone is ordered to see psychiatrist and superior officer Davenport at an outpatient clinic of a U.S. naval base, to be evaluated and screened for psychological issues that might impair service and to provide brief therapy.
	www.cinematherapy.com /birgitarticles/antwonefisher.html (1278 words)

	Antwone Fisher
		Adapting his well-received memoir into screenplay format, Antwone Fisher, an ex-Navy soldier whose traumatic childhood is the basis for this film, should have left the adaptation process to professional screenwriters.
		Fisher’s ability to translate his life into a dramatic and structured medium, one with which he doesn’t have much experience, is too amateurish to do his upbringing justice.
		Watching Antwone Fisher, no matter how brutal his childhood experiences were depicted on film (and worse has happened to children in movies: Sleepers’ rape and beating scenes got pretty ugly), I never once understood how any Hollywood produced could think this subject would make a good, let alone tolerable, movie.
	www.movienavigator.org /antwonefisher.htm (453 words)

	Slant Magazine - Film Review: Antwone Fisher
		In recounting Fisher's life as a Navy cadet who used his moral code to trump anger-management issues after suffering a childhood full of cruelty and maltreatment, Washington invites only the most bottom-feeding responses of sympathy and distress to this true story, exploiting its trite feel-good dilemmas and turning Antwone's individuality into Hollywood sap.
		Fisher, like Moonlight Mile writer-director Brad Silberling, submits his life story as narcissistic melodrama, making it even less interesting than it would be otherwise.
		Antwone and Davenport only have three sessions together before the cadet is sent back to his regular duties.
	www.slantmagazine.com /film/film_review.asp?ID=587 (1137 words)

	‘Antwone Fisher’ (Directed by Denzel Washington, starring Derek Luke, Denzel Washington and Joy Bryant)
		When sailor Antwone Fisher (Derek Luke) is sent to see naval psychiatrist Jerome Davenport (Washington) about an anger management problem, he isn’t too keen to jump over the wall that exists between himself and this figure of authority.
		But as he becomes increasingly dependent on Davenport as a paternal figure, Fisher replaces the fighting with an acute awareness of the emotional spectrum he was disallowed as a child and embarks upon a quest to find his family.
		Washington’s sympathy for Fisher is explicit in both his decision to direct the film and in his portrayal of Davenport.
	www.xfm.co.uk /article.asp?id=6333 (413 words)

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