TL:DR- Great acting, great presenation, unclear about the true exact story but I feel like it gives the average viewer a good insight on how hard it was to succeed as an African-American.
First and foremost, I absolutely loved this movie. It was an emotional rollercoaster, having me at the edge of my seat wondering "how the hell are these two black men going to succeed in real-estate in the 60s?"
It's been a while seeing Mackie back in the light besides his Marvel fiesta, but every time I see his work it just gets better and better. I love the way he can captivate what the reality of a smart person generally is. Usually, smart people are very logical and straightforward thinkers as you can see in the movie. They are only worried about getting the job done efficiently and effectively. I see people say he should have been a little more happy and bright and was at times a bore to watch, but I believe that's the joy of his character. As you can see in the movie and back in the 60s, for African-Americans not everyone could just smile as they were being treated with injustice and racism every single day. He was ambitious and passionate about a his aspirations and he was willing to do everything it took, even if it meant blackening his heart and keeping his head down to avoid his oppressors iron fist. And in the long run he achieved not only his goal as a successful black businessman, but also made revolutionary vibrations in the US for his people.
Samuel Jackson, while it's always lovely to see him doing his thing, I believe he could have toned down just a bit to keep a more serious flow in the story as this was an extremely detrimental and morally degrading time period, but all and all you must laugh a little in the face of conflict. Great performance as always.
My girl Nia out here still out here crushing her roles. I loved her acting as Mackie's wife. As stated, Mackie's character is so logical, as seen numerous times in the film, he can get tunnel vision and it clouds his judgment. Nia's overwhelming warm energy and side of sass and overall charisma made me really connect with her character and had me yelling when she was putting his man back on track. Love you Nia <3
Nicholas Hoult's acting was astounding as well as I could tell it was out of his spectrum of movies. Nonetheless, I feel that he really did his best and it honestly showed. He put a lot of time into his character and he played his part to the note.
To finalize I had no clue of the true story before watching, so I'd need to do some research. I've seen other critics say it doesn't capture the entire brutality of this entire story and I'm not going to say it should or shouldn't. But I do believe for an opening course on African-American real-estate in the 60s, it does a mighty fine job of presenting it. It maintained it's 60s vibe throughout all the dialogue and settings and they remind you every so often.
First and foremost, I absolutely loved this movie. It was an emotional rollercoaster, having me at the edge of my seat wondering "how the hell are these two black men going to succeed in real-estate in the 60s?"
It's been a while seeing Mackie back in the light besides his Marvel fiesta, but every time I see his work it just gets better and better. I love the way he can captivate what the reality of a smart person generally is. Usually, smart people are very logical and straightforward thinkers as you can see in the movie. They are only worried about getting the job done efficiently and effectively. I see people say he should have been a little more happy and bright and was at times a bore to watch, but I believe that's the joy of his character. As you can see in the movie and back in the 60s, for African-Americans not everyone could just smile as they were being treated with injustice and racism every single day. He was ambitious and passionate about a his aspirations and he was willing to do everything it took, even if it meant blackening his heart and keeping his head down to avoid his oppressors iron fist. And in the long run he achieved not only his goal as a successful black businessman, but also made revolutionary vibrations in the US for his people.
Samuel Jackson, while it's always lovely to see him doing his thing, I believe he could have toned down just a bit to keep a more serious flow in the story as this was an extremely detrimental and morally degrading time period, but all and all you must laugh a little in the face of conflict. Great performance as always.
My girl Nia out here still out here crushing her roles. I loved her acting as Mackie's wife. As stated, Mackie's character is so logical, as seen numerous times in the film, he can get tunnel vision and it clouds his judgment. Nia's overwhelming warm energy and side of sass and overall charisma made me really connect with her character and had me yelling when she was putting his man back on track. Love you Nia <3
Nicholas Hoult's acting was astounding as well as I could tell it was out of his spectrum of movies. Nonetheless, I feel that he really did his best and it honestly showed. He put a lot of time into his character and he played his part to the note.
To finalize I had no clue of the true story before watching, so I'd need to do some research. I've seen other critics say it doesn't capture the entire brutality of this entire story and I'm not going to say it should or shouldn't. But I do believe for an opening course on African-American real-estate in the 60s, it does a mighty fine job of presenting it. It maintained it's 60s vibe throughout all the dialogue and settings and they remind you every so often.