The Blackening

This is a thoroughly "black" movie, written by and starring a group of black Americans. I suppose that is part of why I never could appreciate any of it, the tropes and attempts at comedy are just foreign to me, even though I am thoroughly American. (Meaning, USA type of American, not to be confused with Canadians or South Americans.)

A group of friends gather, gradually, for a weekend in a remote cabin, celebrating Juneteenth. It becomes obvious pretty quickly that something bad is going on. Put together to be funny, I only found it to be silly. Then, at the end, the "bad guy" turns out to be thre most unexpected. A common script writing technique.

I see that the current (Oct 2023) rating is 6.0, after watching it, that seems very generous to me. Compared to all the other several thousand movies I've seen a rating of 3 or 4 is about right. I think I'll just go with "3" for some positive movie-making qualities, but not good enough to recommend to anyone.

At home, on DVD from my public library. My wife skipped.