Just my random thoughts after watching it.
First, I wanted to like this movie, but man, was it awful. It was way too slow, i.e. boring. It had a problem figuring out what the movie was about. It constantly digressed from what I thought it was about, i.e. the investigation of a "unjust" murder.
Instead, they on and on about how they grew up, what they ate, how much they loved each other. It didn't help they spoke in melodramatic slow tone. Once you think the set up of who the family is, is over, they go back and basically repeat it.
The problem is having a family member make a movie about an emotional topic that hit close to their home, but very few others care about.
They go back to how racism in the south decades earlier, despite it having no affect on this particular killing. This movie should have been about the murder and IF it was unjust, show it. We hear nothing from the other side, so imagine OJ making a documentary about the killing of Nicole and Ron and imagine how that would go.
She calls the detective and he says he will get back to her when he finds out more, and then right after, she already concludes why he wasn't indicted.
The bottom line I got from this. White people are racist and black people are victims. That was the theme throughout.
There is nothing worse than watching a film where I am suppose to feel bad for the victim, but I am instead annoyed and have very little sympathy.
You kinda get a sense from the opening what you are dealing with as the DA seemed really annoyed with Yance Ford, that she may have been a pain in the butt.
Just a bunch of unrelated stories. That movie had no focus. It felt angry and a LOT of "feelings expressed" that never matched any evidence.
It was self defense, much like so may cases where race is blamed for the killing. This could have been 20 minutes long.
Save your time.
First, I wanted to like this movie, but man, was it awful. It was way too slow, i.e. boring. It had a problem figuring out what the movie was about. It constantly digressed from what I thought it was about, i.e. the investigation of a "unjust" murder.
Instead, they on and on about how they grew up, what they ate, how much they loved each other. It didn't help they spoke in melodramatic slow tone. Once you think the set up of who the family is, is over, they go back and basically repeat it.
The problem is having a family member make a movie about an emotional topic that hit close to their home, but very few others care about.
They go back to how racism in the south decades earlier, despite it having no affect on this particular killing. This movie should have been about the murder and IF it was unjust, show it. We hear nothing from the other side, so imagine OJ making a documentary about the killing of Nicole and Ron and imagine how that would go.
She calls the detective and he says he will get back to her when he finds out more, and then right after, she already concludes why he wasn't indicted.
The bottom line I got from this. White people are racist and black people are victims. That was the theme throughout.
There is nothing worse than watching a film where I am suppose to feel bad for the victim, but I am instead annoyed and have very little sympathy.
You kinda get a sense from the opening what you are dealing with as the DA seemed really annoyed with Yance Ford, that she may have been a pain in the butt.
Just a bunch of unrelated stories. That movie had no focus. It felt angry and a LOT of "feelings expressed" that never matched any evidence.
It was self defense, much like so may cases where race is blamed for the killing. This could have been 20 minutes long.
Save your time.