My biggest fears about movies like this is that critics and reviewers give it high ratings because of the subject matter, not because of the story and performance, but the trailer managed to reel me in.
The movie caught my attention from the opening scene and held onto it until the closing credits. I know it sounds cliche, but it's the true.
Tony Lip is a bum but has some good qualities that makes him tolerable. Don Shirley is a pompous jerk that literally looks down on people from his throne yet pushes Tony to do better because he sees that Tony can, not because he's embarrassing him and the two are forced to ride in a car together.
I don't know how much embellishing the producers made with this film compared to the actual events, but if they did, they didn't do it to for the wrong reasons.
I can't call this typical Hollywood woke trash and I feared that it would be, however I did see one review here that called it a buddy movie and I would say that it's not far off the mark, the bonding friendship between the two doesn't come across as forced.
I would classify this as a must see.
The movie caught my attention from the opening scene and held onto it until the closing credits. I know it sounds cliche, but it's the true.
Tony Lip is a bum but has some good qualities that makes him tolerable. Don Shirley is a pompous jerk that literally looks down on people from his throne yet pushes Tony to do better because he sees that Tony can, not because he's embarrassing him and the two are forced to ride in a car together.
I don't know how much embellishing the producers made with this film compared to the actual events, but if they did, they didn't do it to for the wrong reasons.
I can't call this typical Hollywood woke trash and I feared that it would be, however I did see one review here that called it a buddy movie and I would say that it's not far off the mark, the bonding friendship between the two doesn't come across as forced.
I would classify this as a must see.