There is a lot to like in this movie. It does a fantastic job showing how there was a different set of rules and possibilities available to African Americans. I love how it demonstrated how difficult it is to do the right thing (and maybe more importantly, how people acknowledge this as they intentionally not do the right thing). And of course, how difficult it is to grow up (I am a big fan of this genre).

Unfortunately the film isn't a great movie. I am someone that loves "talkie" dramas, and I want to get inside of a film and roll around in it. This film is very much a slice-of-life type of film and often those films are very, very slow (and this one is exactly that). Because it is this kind of film there really isn't a starting or ending point. It just kind of trails off..... In other words, it often felt like work just to stay with it.

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