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REVIEWED
This movie is inspired by true events starring notable actors like Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer and hardworking Falcon A Mackie. About 2 hours long its about grandfather Eliot (KC) fighting to have custody of his mixed blooded granddaughter from her father Reggie and his side of the family after his wife was killed in an auto accident. Its pretty ok for a family movie but could have been better. Since its based on true events, would not recommend how the story should have gone or what else can be in the film.
First glance of the movie, I could not have imagined how forgiving and tolerant was Eliot to her granddaughter's father Reggie or the other side of the family. Here you have a black guy of 23 (at that time) impregnating his daughter, not of love but of abuse, of 17 and then died during giving birth. For me, you can't question Eliot's attitude towards racism because he is as good as anybody can get. Despite all that happened to his daughter, he did not despise blacks (especially the father) and raise and loving the child (lucky Eloise) as thou nothing bad had happened. And yet in the court room the opponents lawyer racing the issue of racism (initiated by their lawyer who happened to be a relative) ! I couldn't agree with Eliot more when he brought up that it has got nothing to do with racism rather than his granddaughter's father attitude and character. Typical blackish character of the Reggie and yes when that is being questioned one would say that you are being racist.
Read that Kevin Costner financed the film partly (it was on a $9 million budget only) to play the part because he wanted to prove his point in real life by being Eliot in the film.
The ending was rather tame and nothing much of a ummph kindda of stuff. But it did fine.
Elouise remind me of Tristan of current American Idol. In fact if there is a film about her, she could play her younger self :)
The judge being too lenient who allowed Eliot to give that long speech (thou good) from the stand. Real Judge would have stopped it and instructed the witness to answer Yes or No. Well that's why you call it a movie.
Octavia Spencer is rather young to play a grandmother but good acting make up for that. She even won award for this film. So did Eliot's wife also looks young. I thought she was his daughter when first seeing his first hallucination in the kitchen. Anyway, Eliot could be a younger grand dad and KC could be playing a younger character as his daughter give birth when she was merely 17.
Good family movie on the theme of racism or you thought this is about racism kindda of thing.
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