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I was actually quite tickled by this film. I thought it was romantic, and sweet. I am familiar with the creole culture of Cane River so I was automatically interested. The acting was ok but the message and the consciousness of the film outweighed everything. I was happily surprised by how engaged I stayed. I am shocked and quite astounded to hear the film was only released in 2020! What a gem to discover. This is what I miss about films today that display black romance. Hopefully more people discover this film as I was just on youtube looking at black movie classics and came across this film!!

Before attempting a historical drama. Perry should have employed the help of Spike Lee. He knows how to execute a historical drama. Please see Miracle at St. Anna adapted from James McBride. You can't approach a historical drama the same Way a comedic film is approach. Perry MUST get this. The film is landing flat, corny, overly dramatic and lacks historical feel and substance. As a result, the professional talent and friends who helped with the film just aren't utilized at their full potential (Oprah and Kerry Washington). I look forward to other films telling this story. I am confident someone else can do it better.

I had to stop watching this movie, and then I went back to it the next day only because I wanted to know how this movie progressed. The whole plot could not be predicted however I could tell from the trailer this movie would be about cannibalism. I had no idea it would be so graphic and disturbing. The acting at best was just ok. The scenes were obviously art-focused and driven. I agree with the other reviewer about normalizing this display of clearly disturbing psychological drama. I question the screenwriter, and the director about what their goal was with this film. Obviously they were portraying a book but I just feel like it could have been done in a more tasteful manner.