jimmyjoe583

This is a good movie! The cast is excellent. Forest Whitaker I hope one day wins a lifetime achievement award from the Academy. His body of work demands it. Tess Harper is getting some roles lately and certainly making the most of them. Garrett Hedlund and Andrea Riseborough are excellent and convey well the emotions of those poor and of good character (Riseborough) and someone who never knew good character and struggles finding it (Hedlund). Really the whole cast from Whitakers wife and son to the Black Motel owner was excellent. This is another movie Americans need to see.

This movie is not good. I am disappointed as I expected far better from Spike Lee. Delroy Lindo is almost unwatchable. A full blown psycho as he portrays him would not have lasted the 45 years since the end of the war. Why did they wait until they were 65-70 to reclaim the gold? So many plot holes! Spike should not have used the geriatrics for the flashback scenes. In a lot of scenes it was almost like Spike got tired of filming and directing and settled for mediocre, I would've said amateurish but Spikes been at it too many years. Is it time for Spike to retire? Maybe take up writing?

This movie is surprisingly good! An entering careerhood film featuring a young, fun loving, earnest bunch who come together over a weekend due to a friends misfortune. This film has good dialogue and presents realistic portraits of young people who have recently finished university and are preparing for careers. It reminded me of my young adulthood, and as a father with 2 sons just recently graduated from University, a reminder of their current situations. My only complaint is the lack of colour in the film but as a Canadian film set in Canada, it is not as uncommon as it may be in America. Americans will like this movie but be forewarned, there are no guns in this film. In fact I can't remember seeing a smart phone either!