Moving film which effectively subverts the "traditional" African American coming of age in a tough neighbourhood story to show a much more nuanced and vulnerable side to masculinity.The cast is near-uniformly excellent, although Harris is exceptional. This is hardly a fast paced film, but the framing is at times exquisite which made it impossible to take my eyes away from the screen.
If there is a fault - it's in the sound design which made the dialogue difficult to follow at times. That poses a real problem because the Amazon Video version we watched didn't have subtitles and key plot developments - like the fate of particular characters - can hinge on a single line of dialogue which allows you to infer something that happened off-screen.
Verdict: Rarely told story.
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