Perhaps the clearest evidence that Yelling to the Sky is based on Mahoney's own life is that the movie lets its most troubled characters off pretty easy.
It's disconcerting to watch Sweetness, tiny and light-skinned, assaulting Latonya, large and dark-skinned, partly because it bluntly if inconclusively underscores a crucial color divide that runs through this film like a throbbing vein.
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Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Little more than a résumé film for all involved, it certainly feels more Park City than Bushwick.