'BLINDSPOTTING': Four and a Half Stars (Out of Five)
A comedy-drama about a black parolee, who's almost done with his sentence, that witnesses a racially charged police shooting, and also has to deal with his trouble making best friend. The movie stars Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal, two lifelong best friends that also wrote the screenplay (based on their real life experiences living in Oakland). The film was directed by first time feature filmmaker Carlos López Estrada, and it's received almost unanimous rave reviews from critics. I really enjoyed it as well.
Collin (Diggs) is on his last three days of parole, and he's really hoping to start a fresh new life for himself when he's done. He works with his best friend Miles (Casal), at a moving job in Oakland. While Collin is trying to leave his violent troubled life behind him, Miles (who's white) seems to keep seeking out trouble. To complicate things even more Collin also witness a white police officer (Ethan Embry) shoot and kill a black man in the streets one night, while he's out after his curfew. This continues to haunt him.
The movie is funny, and it's two lead characters are both likable (in very different ways) and relatable (also in very different ways). Collin is definitely the more likable of the two, but the film also does a pretty good job of depicting Miles' troubles as well, in an equally sympathetic way. The movie is a really well made buddy flick, that also has a large amount of really insightful and intriguing social commentary too (that's very fitting to today's most common headlines). It's definitely a film worth seeing in my opinion.
A comedy-drama about a black parolee, who's almost done with his sentence, that witnesses a racially charged police shooting, and also has to deal with his trouble making best friend. The movie stars Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal, two lifelong best friends that also wrote the screenplay (based on their real life experiences living in Oakland). The film was directed by first time feature filmmaker Carlos López Estrada, and it's received almost unanimous rave reviews from critics. I really enjoyed it as well.
Collin (Diggs) is on his last three days of parole, and he's really hoping to start a fresh new life for himself when he's done. He works with his best friend Miles (Casal), at a moving job in Oakland. While Collin is trying to leave his violent troubled life behind him, Miles (who's white) seems to keep seeking out trouble. To complicate things even more Collin also witness a white police officer (Ethan Embry) shoot and kill a black man in the streets one night, while he's out after his curfew. This continues to haunt him.
The movie is funny, and it's two lead characters are both likable (in very different ways) and relatable (also in very different ways). Collin is definitely the more likable of the two, but the film also does a pretty good job of depicting Miles' troubles as well, in an equally sympathetic way. The movie is a really well made buddy flick, that also has a large amount of really insightful and intriguing social commentary too (that's very fitting to today's most common headlines). It's definitely a film worth seeing in my opinion.