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I'm surprised by how low the rating is for this documentary, and I'm convinced that this is based on how much people agree or disagree with the topic more than the quality of the doc itself.

I personally found this film to be interesting, and I believe Chelsea did a good job to being the microphone to all the various people she selected to showcase here as to what white privilege is, what it means, and what white people, specifically can do to at least start the conversation about it so that society can move towards a less systemically racist future. Admittedly, this doc is not unbiased. It starts from the premise that denying white privilege is a misinformed stance, and the edits are pretty clearly going to showcase that. As a result, there will be a lot people who will turn it off and will refuse to listen.

Interestingly, the beginning montage of Chelsea's sets from her early days which really scream of her ignorance about white privilege will also rub some people on the other side of the fence the wrong way, and make people question Chelsea's right to even talk about the topic. But ultimately, I think she handled the topic quite well. She asked the right questions, the answers that are given are a very good starting point for people to start to examine their privilege, and most importantly, Chelsea didn't try to insert her own opinions on the matter into the piece too much EXCEPT when talking to other white people who do not recognize what privilege means. I think she demonstrated effectively, in those scenes, what white people (and model minorities too - we can't be absent from this conversation) need to do in order to make people face up to that systemic advantage they have and recognize it.

This is a conversation that absolutely needs to be had across the country, especially in the wake of the protests and movement that have been galvanized by the murder of George Floyd. And this documentary is a good tool for starting that conversation.

I found this movie to be a fun, cheesy rom-com, and I say this as a person who's not usually a fan of rom-coms. I had a lot of fun spending time with these characters, and the plot was different enough that I didn't feel like I was watching the same stupid paint-by-numbers movie that rom-coms generally are.

The children were precocious, but not saccharine; the Italian lead could have had a little more emotion in his facial expressions, but otherwise, was a fairly solid lead, and the German fiancée was immensely likable, and made her dilemma - when she found out the truth - to be genuine and relatable. The British best friend was some nice eye-candy, and very likable as well, and the French girl on the bicycle and the womanizing Francois were also a lot of fun. I wouldn't mind hanging out with this bunch of people.

Overall, this movie isn't particularly deep, and it won't change your life if you watch it, but it would be a very enjoyable way to while away a rainy afternoon.