Things Never Said

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Things Never Said
Directed byCharles Murray
Written byCharles Murray
Produced byBrian “Skinny B” Lewis
Starring Shanola Hampton
Omari Hardwick
Elimu Nelson
Production
company
Ohio Street Pictures
Distributed by Codeblack Films
Release dates
  • April 2013 (2013-04)(Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival)
  • September 6, 2013 (2013-09-06)(limited)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Things Never Said is a 2013 American drama film written and directed by Charles Murray and starring Shanola Hampton, Omari Hardwick and Elimu Nelson. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Cast

Release

The film premiered at the Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival in April 2013. [4] Codeblack Films acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film in June 2013. [5] [6] The film was released in theaters on September 6, 2013. [7] [8]

Reception

The film has a 67% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. [9] Christy Lemire of RogerEbert.com awarded the film two stars. [10] Carrie Rickey of The Philadelphia Inquirer awarded the film two and a half stars out of four. [11] Andrea Thompson of Patch graded the film a B+. [12]

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