john_hili

I was truly touched by the real-to-life portrayal of family tension, violence and hardship in this film. The characters and dialogue exposed a profound understanding of lower socio-economic African American problems, and raised issues I know many can sympathise with. The director's use of camera work, while looking superficially cheap, is doubtlessly trying to bring across the roughness of life experienced by the characters. Similarly, what appears to be bad acting and inane dialogue is actually a clever portrayal of the education crises faced by American youth. Lastly, the director's choice to not include any white characters highlights the sense of racial isolation such black communities encounter. Bravo, I applaud this tour de force!

I was highly disturbed by the lack of black/yellow/red presence in this white bourgeois dominated production. The insinuation that such races could not attain to the wealth and status of Nicholas Cage was disturbing. The scarcity of diversity in the cast was also a poor showing. I appeal to Nicholas Cage: please be open to being involved with the "lesser" races.

The line from Detective Munce just about sums it up: "Gremlins... it's a f$@!ing film. Watch it, it's a classic!"

So true, a classic. Unlike this film.