First Reviews: 'Stonewall' Is 'An Embarrassing Punishment of a Film'

Review embargoes are funny things. Critics who've already seen "Stonewall," Roland Emmerich's movie about the 1969 riots that kick-started the modern gay-rights movement, agreed in advance not to review the movie before Monday. But critics who saw it this morning at the Toronto International Film Festival are free to reveal their opinions, as will be the several thousand ticketholders who see the film at a public screening tonight. Embargoing a movie like "Stonewall" until the Monday before opening is usually a sign of a studio bracing for the worst, although the movie has been the subject of ample controversy sight unseen for its apparent decision to feature a white,...

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