We Grown Now

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We Grown Now

PG

2024

1h 33m

Drama

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In 1992 Chicago, as Michael Jordan solidifies himself as a champion, a story of two young legends in their own right begins. As wide-eyed and imaginative best friends Malik and Eric traverse the city, looking to escape the mundaneness of school and the hardships of growing up in public housing, their unbreakable bond is challenged when tragedy shakes their community just as they are learning to fly.

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Casting grim environs in a nostalgic glow, We Grown Now is a coming-of-age story whose tinges of fantasy only make it feel more honest.

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Roxana Hadadi

New York Magazine/Vulture

09/17/2024

We Grown Now also houses James’s and Ramirez’s sensitive, compassionate, and fearless performances, and the pair’s efforts are precious.

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Tomris Laffly

Variety

05/20/2024

Baig has a textured, refreshingly unfussy way of perceiving coming-of-age stories, favoring intimate moments over explosive ones, with an assured handle on a sense of time and place.

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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (LAist)

05/08/2024

It's dreamlike but always rooted in a recognizable reality.

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Marissa Hill

Shade Studios

07/29/2025

The film’s plot is not only believable but moving, reminding us that childhood is often shaped by circumstances beyond a child’s control — and that the bonds we form during that time can become the most important source of strength as we grow.

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Ernesto Diezmartinez

Letras Libres

08/22/2024

2.5/4

In We Grown Now, the transition from childhood to adolescence of two friends is marked by a murder that shakes Chicago in the 90s. A sensitive children's melodrama. [Full review in Spanish]

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Filipe Freitas

Always Good Movies

07/28/2024

3.5/5

Baig shoots each scene with ardent attention, projecting a strange mix of innocence and awareness.

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Marcus M

05/06/2024

Best movie of the year for me. Simple yet incredibly effective. I cried so hard.

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M.B.W

05/05/2024

The movie was poetic and well written.

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Molly

05/04/2024

Easy to relate to. A positive movie.

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JOCELYN P C

05/03/2024

Excellent acting and storyline.

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Mel S

04/30/2024

Loved the storyline and the characters.

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Sherry

04/28/2024

They should have put this on television. I still would not have watched it. This movie was so boring and I am unsure what message the writers were trying to relay. I dont see where the we grown now even comes into play. Everyone in the theater, which was only a handful of people, kept waiting and commenting on when something was going to happen. It never did.

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Synopsis

In 1992 Chicago, as Michael Jordan solidifies himself as a champion, a story of two young legends in their own right begins. As wide-eyed and imaginative best friends Malik and Eric traverse the city, looking to escape the mundaneness of school and the hardships of growing up in public housing, their unbreakable bond is challenged when tragedy shakes their community just as they are learning to fly.

Director: Minhal Baig
Producer: Joe Pirro, Minhal Baig
Screenwriter: Minhal Baig
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: Participant, Symbolic Exchange
Rating: PG (Thematic Material and Language)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 19, 2024, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $296.2K
Runtime: 1h 33m