This is about Mr. Richard, but it's much more than that. If you love cinema, if you adore sports, if you believe in impossible dreams, this is for you.
One of the best feel-good films I've seen in a long, long time. An important story to show to our kids and a fantastic work overall (direction, editing, cinematograph...even all the details putting us on the right period of time). The only thing I didn't love was the ending. Yeah, it's emotional, but I wanted 15 more minutes. I think we - and they - deserved that.
It's incredible what Will Smith does here. He is not Will Smith, he is King Richard from the very first moment. So powerful, so charismatic, so real! But it's also good to praise the fact that the film let other stars to shine, it's not a one-man film. Aunjanue Ellis is really strong in all the film, being the balance to Richard's craziness, while Saniyya Sidney does a fantastic job as Venus, one of the best supportig teen roles I've seen in a while.
Last but not least, this is a very special testimony about perseverance, about having a plan, about believing and about fighting against all the adversities. The racism is, of course, present (it could have been even more) and the obvious and the less-obvious messages are always there to remind us like they are still always there reminding the Williams family, even if they are one of the most successful families in history.
PS: That Oscar is coming for Beyoncé. And for Will Smith. And who knows...even BP?
One of the best feel-good films I've seen in a long, long time. An important story to show to our kids and a fantastic work overall (direction, editing, cinematograph...even all the details putting us on the right period of time). The only thing I didn't love was the ending. Yeah, it's emotional, but I wanted 15 more minutes. I think we - and they - deserved that.
It's incredible what Will Smith does here. He is not Will Smith, he is King Richard from the very first moment. So powerful, so charismatic, so real! But it's also good to praise the fact that the film let other stars to shine, it's not a one-man film. Aunjanue Ellis is really strong in all the film, being the balance to Richard's craziness, while Saniyya Sidney does a fantastic job as Venus, one of the best supportig teen roles I've seen in a while.
Last but not least, this is a very special testimony about perseverance, about having a plan, about believing and about fighting against all the adversities. The racism is, of course, present (it could have been even more) and the obvious and the less-obvious messages are always there to remind us like they are still always there reminding the Williams family, even if they are one of the most successful families in history.
PS: That Oscar is coming for Beyoncé. And for Will Smith. And who knows...even BP?