This is quite a unique dive into African American subculture. We have a leading lady, obsessed with her hair and with a boyfriend who gifts her a dog on her birthday when she is expecting a ring.
This leads to an epiphany of sorts that Vi goes thru and how she deals with coing into her own and bagging the said boyfriend froms the bulk of the tale.
But I must say, this goes in directions not entirely predictable. Quite a feminist film if I may say so. And all the better for it. Definitely worth a watch.