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Mar 19, 2024jimg2000 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Jun 09, 2015 Fantastic satire on race relations in our higher education and how tenuous communications between black and white students can be. Just enough truth to make the audience think. Don't miss the hilarious bonus tracks Racism…
Dec 30, 2022tootiebooks99 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Was this comedy? I didn't see the humor but it was a powerful movie and one I'd watch again!
Apr 22, 2020reginator_22 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I wanted to like this movie more, but I just thought it was ok. Not a must watch. I like Tessa Thompson and Tyler James Williams as actors, but this movie needed more punch.
Feb 07, 2020RoyalJellyIII rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
This film wants to be witty, insightful and strong social commentary. It isn't...
Dec 31, 2019publicenemy50 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
this movie was a lot better than i thought it was going to be. I enjoyed it very thought provoking.
Apr 26, 2019spiritchild rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I guess I have a hard time getting into satire but I think I eventually got to the idea. Just a different type of movie.
Dec 15, 2018LPL_TriciaK rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Timely topic and worth watching, though I wished I had read the book first for a better understanding of the many characters who populated the film. Try this and then check out more college-themed movies suggested in this…
Feb 27, 2018QuentinHayes rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is a brilliant, complex, compassionate movie. Like an Altman film, no one will "get it" on a single viewing. I suggest watching it at least three times. In a row. Besides being jam-packed with quick-paced, multi-valenced dialogue,…
Jan 01, 2018rationallady rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I am a very old white person. Before I saw it, I read that it was a satire. It was hard for me to relate to the movie's youth culture, but I did get that it was a satire. It made fun of black students acting like the stereotype of white…
Sep 05, 2017
It's not a great movie but I think that it could be a good idea to watch it anyway. It's good to see life from another person's perspective and understand the challenges they face.
May 26, 2017
I tried to get into it . . .the characters are lame, there is no story, It seems like a well funded government high school film project - I give this 0 stars.
NeoRauch
Jan 23, 2017NeoRauch rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Terrible! This movie is racist propaganda. Avoid like the plague.
SpaceAngel
Jan 23, 2017SpaceAngel rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Terrible- didactic and unfunny- with soap opera level relationship moments thrown in hither and thither-think sub par Spike Lee at his worst. How on earth did this movie ever receive funding to get made in the first place? Not worth…
Nov 01, 2016
one of the most racist movies I have watched in a long time. the jokes in the movie were not funny and very rude.
Mar 14, 2016
Whether you like this film or not should be a matter of taste, yet for some it could be a matter of politic. Whatever your position, some folks screaming ideologue is like the pot calling the kettle ---- aahhhh!!!
Mar 07, 2016gypsytwilight rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
This film reminds me of the saying, "Even a broken clock is right twice a day." The one unquestionably good aspect of this film is that everyone of the characters were flawed. The film recognized that the issues it was dealing with…
Feb 13, 2016
It's worth watching because the subject matter is all still true. I see it everyday.
Dec 11, 2015
Dramatic. Some truth, some humor. I thought it would be alot better.
Nov 24, 2015jeffi22 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I would have preferred less melodrama/love triangles, but interesting movie especially given recent news items about racism on college campuses. People sorting out their identities = good. Lack of plot = not so good. Had high hopes,…
Sep 21, 2015G__litch rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This film was a brilliant film especially for being the first for the director. It highlights how racism but more specifically white supremacy is perpetuated and often swept under the rug or blatantly ignored in ivy league universities-…
Sep 04, 2015
Publishers Weekly said: // Simien asserts repeatedly that, despite wishes to the contrary, racism is still embedded in assumptions and institutions throughout the culture. \\ I haven't seen this movie, but the sentiment above is…
Sep 04, 2015Liblo rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Uneven and often difficult to follow, it's not a great film per se. However, it's worth watching this first film by writer/director Simien for his take on race and identity issues, which he explores with candor and empathy. Hope to see…
Quimeras
Aug 24, 2015Quimeras rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Contrary to what it says on the DVD cover, this film is not funny. I’m just not fond of this style of moviemaking. I would have preferred a documentary or would have gladly read a well thought-out essay/article.
Aug 20, 2015OpusTheFowl rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
What a waste of time as it provides absolutely nothing new, funny or interesting. Very disappointing...
Aug 19, 2015lukasevansherman rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I have mixed feelings on this film. Taken purely as a film, it's flawed: over long, poorly paced, talky, slackly directed. It is writer/director/producer Justin Simien's first film and it seems like wanted to get everything in it without…