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Aug 27, 2017lindy919 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
This is a completely underwhelming film that should have been much, much better. I completely blame the writer/director for muting down everything to the point that their struggle comes across as a mere inconvenience. Aside from the initial incident where wife spends the weekend in jail, and husband stays less than a day (WOW, BIG DEAL!), there is nothing that comes close to depicting the racism THAT PERMEATED our pre-Civil Rights South. Everyone, even the sheriff, seems sympathetic to their plight except for one outburst from the wife's sister. The husband has no trouble finding work; there are no rocks thrown through windows; no one gets beaten up standing up for equality; the ACLU swoops in and makes everything better, seemingly overnight. This is the kind of wimpy, sugar-coated movie that reinforces the silly notion that black people didn't really have it that tough, especially not during one of the toughest periods in our history.