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Sep 03, 2019Punnoval rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Give Barry Jenkins credit - he certainly knows how to pour on the bathos and maximize the schlock effect - necessary traits to have if you are planning to be a success in Hollywood. He takes all the bite out of the Baldwin novel (Fonny's old man commits suicide after being caught stealing to finance the defense, Fonny gets raped in prison.) In all scenes, Stevie James (as Fonny) sports a doofus grin with a total lack of emotion. Kiki Layne is hardly better as Tish, his sexless girlfriend who swears as if she is reading from a Dick & Jane primer. You also don't have the slightest idea if the "white boy" lawyer is incompetent or he doesn't care.