Mystic1000

I wouldn't spoil an otherwise entertaining watch with why the end made me feel like I'd just wasted 90 minutes of my time. Actually, the acting was quite good and the suspense had a build to it. There were plot holes you could drive a truck through and the end, well, you gotta go through it yourself and make up your own mind...

The movie hits a lot of notes and I came out of the theater thinking, well, most of America will love this movie and 30%, guess who, will not. So read the reviews carefully for hidden agendas. Jamie Foxx is utterly brilliant. I can't believe we almost lost this guy. Jones is perfectly cast. And the pace, writing, and tone kept me engaged with the true story. It's not a comedy as some listings may imply. It's more like real life where people say and do funny stuff to get through the course of a normal day. Kudos to the director, too, who you could tell had grasp of the story and kept a steady, never overplayed hand.

Not rating this 8 or above is just bizarre to me. Funny, edgy, and marvelously acting by the two young leads (who we'll be seeing more of I'm sure), and directed beautifully, it was great entertainment. Watching it I was reminded of After Hours, generally considered to be Scorsese most underrated, which I loved more than a lot of his other stuff. A mix of energy kindred to Get Out, Raising Arizona, and Jon Dahl's best film noir, this is totally 2022 and satirizes everything from woke-ism on campus to seemingly hopeless system wide racial tension that gets passed from generation to generation. When anyone speaks of "layered" messages, this film serves as an exemplar. Enjoy.