budgetbabecouture I normally hate every crappy movie that Spike Lee comes into contact with so I thought this one would be horrendous with me zoning out as well, but it was good. This film is about poor inner city people's blind faith in God and that life will still hit you in ways you could not imagine being religious or not. It also shows that even if you hide behind religion you can still be shown for what you truly are on the inside. Like everyone else is saying, the final act really brings it all together. I will admit some of the actors are not the absolute best, but some shine on their own so it isn't a big deal. Spike Lee is a racist so he won't use diversity in his films he will only hire African American actors so he didn't have as large of pool to choose from. The little girl's mother isn't very talented, but the little girl and boy did a great job and so did the grandfather.

Jeremy Mulder Spike Lee does a real disservice to his legacy with the film. Clarke Peters gives a stand out performance but the rest of the cast falls short. The Child roles who make up the back bone of this story are unwatchable. Their dialogue and delivery is staggeringly bad.The Film is crammed full clichés and has little regard for story telling. Yet climax of the film is done with some classic Spike Lee delivery that reels you back in to an unfortunately tepid finale.If you are going to reveal your righteous lead as a child molester, then cleanse him with some blood letting you should make some attempt at delivering a betting worthy of such an act.Also you shouldn't promote the use of catch phrases from your actors previous characters. It does a real disservice to weight of the situation.

kashbmaryd-477-329549 Don't even pay attention to the rating on this movie. It was good. Some might say the movie is not worth watching after the first few minutes, but I would challenge them to watch the movie a bit longer. This movie was very well written, it was classic Spike Lee style (but written better than some of his old movies), and it even had a surprise twist (which I won't divulge). This movie is not like one of those gospel stage plays or even some of the movies that you would find on Netflix. This is much better. A person needs to really give this movie the 2 hours it deserves and have a good time. It may make you cry (when the secret comes out), but this movie is not a waster. It certainly deserved a better rating than it received. Please give it a chance, and you will not be disappointed.

riclanders-501-982768 Just awful. Every shopworn ghetto cliché packed in. Woody Allen's movies were crap in the beginning, but then they got better. Lee's movies where wonderful in the beginning, but then they got crappier and crappier.When you first see this old Bible-toting fool you cringe and say to yourself, "Oh, God," don't tell me the movie is about him." And why a movie about some dumb kid? Why does Lee think dumb kids and old Bible- toting fools are something to make a movie about?This all goes back to a certain psychology that's infected the black community for ages -- our fascination with failure and stupidity.The first question that pops up is how can a mother be so stupid as to place a child with a grandfather who's obviously a failure and fool? The building the old fool lives in reeks with urine; everyone above 13 pushes drugs. The mother and kid are from Middle-class Atlanta. Why on earth does she take him out of middle-class Atlanta for a summer in drug and crime infected Red Hook?This reflects Lee's increasing disorientation about things. I mean, what kind of grandfather takes 14 or 15 year to see his grandkid? Such a dumb premise.I watched 10 minutes of it and wanted the $5 I spent on the bootleg copy back.