User Reviews

Please don't get me wrong because I did not hate that film and I actually really appreciate the director for tackling such an unusual subject and I can only appreciate how full of good intention this film was. Issue is that film just did not have the budget to really serve the subject matter. This is the story of a white boy that was put in foster care with an all black family. This makes the life difficult for the young man as the white community at time makes him feel rejected because of total ignorance but also by his own family. His brother feels ashamed of his white adopted little brother (Later in the film we find out also that he has another reason for wanting to put a distance between them) So we see a young man overcoming all the prejudice and staying true to himself driven by the undying love he has for his adopted mother. He decide to put himself up there and fight for race equality , a path that will take him into very dangerous and tragic territories. As I said I can only respect a director who think outside the box and this is a subject that has not been used a lot.We always hear about black children raised by white parents but truth is the other way around actually happens too. Biggest issue is that the film was made on a very low budget , it often feels like the film was directed on a mobile phone and to me it took me a while to get into it because of this. Also the acting by the main character was wooden , that was his story and he was in mostly every scenes and unfortunately the actor did not have the acting shop for it. Thankfully some of the supporting roles make up for that , the adopted mother was particularly good , I would even say stellar , she really conveyed that love a mother can only have for her son. It is a good enough film and I would recommend people to watch it because it has a great message but I could not get over the fact that it could have been so much better.