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‘Mountains’ Review: Miami Gentrification Drama Starts as Slice-of-Life but Grows Stilted

By J. Kim Murphy Aug 16, 2024 | 12:39 PM

There are a lot of jobs in America that make the world a worse place to live. Most people keep working those jobs. Filmmaker Monica Sorelle looks to explain how that bitter pill gets swallowed in her debut feature “Mountains,” which follows Xavier (Atibon Nazaire), a blue-collar Haitian American who becomes complicit in gentrifying his […]