The movie was technically released in the U.S. in May 2013, but it was nearly a year before the first theaters began showing it in major cities — not that big of a deal for the movie — and when it did it drew rave reviews from critics, especially from Stephen A. Smith of ESPN.com and The Nation. It even beat the box-office juggernaut that was The Hunger Games, which was released four months earlier and dominated the summer box-office with more than $1.3