When I found out this was based on a play, things started to fall into place in my mind. The way this was handled (writing/directing) feels heightened, too much so for my taste. At points it actually feels like you’re watching a play fold out. The actors aren’t just acting, they’re giving a **performance**. If that’s your thing, enjoy the movie. If it rings to you as inauthentic (like it does for me), it might not be your thing. Still, it’s too well made, produced and shot to completely trash it. 5/10

Chadwick Boseman delivers a stellar performance as does the whole cast. Some of these comments from people thinking they are woke from their own racism ignore it's adapted from a play. Real acting required. It wasn't about the music. It wasn't about the special camera effects. It was about making you think outside of your bubble. Some of you failed miserably even though you were trying.

Take your attetion with the first scene, each characters has his own characteristics, background, beliefs that conflict with each other character. Chadwick robbes the scene, his character is extremely well written and very well perfomed. Viola Davis is marvelous as aways. But the movie looks more a play - same problem that Fences haved - then a movie, a lot of monologues (that I love) and the whole situation that takes place in one location. To me, one of the best of this year.

Chadwick Boseman steals the movie as he's giving a lot of dialogue to shine and Viola Davis was great as usual . I liked the fact that it was filmed in one place which gave the characters enough time to know about them diffrently. Even the story is not that special the performances were good