Brilliant actors Ali and Mortensen team up to deliver great understated performances in a friendship-heavy road movie that tackles America's 1960's segregration troubles. And yes, you should definitely put it on.
Right off the bat, this is not a tearjerker nor a moralistic film at all. In fact it's a film that just shows you what it is, as a sophisticated black piano player with a lot of courage drives from show to show in the deep white South, backed by his hard-as-nails Italian driver.
It's a very welcome way of portraying heartbreaking practices in society, keeping its focus on the good we have inside, especially between these two unlikely friends. It pulls a trick to achieve this, deliberately skipping the hard moments and only showing the aftermaths, stripping it from too much drama.
The camera just never loses sight of either of our friends, and that makes it an exceptionally good film. Also, it has a mad sense of superb humour, and some great music to top it all of.
It's heartwarming, understated and funny when you least expect it. What more would you want to put this on.
Right off the bat, this is not a tearjerker nor a moralistic film at all. In fact it's a film that just shows you what it is, as a sophisticated black piano player with a lot of courage drives from show to show in the deep white South, backed by his hard-as-nails Italian driver.
It's a very welcome way of portraying heartbreaking practices in society, keeping its focus on the good we have inside, especially between these two unlikely friends. It pulls a trick to achieve this, deliberately skipping the hard moments and only showing the aftermaths, stripping it from too much drama.
The camera just never loses sight of either of our friends, and that makes it an exceptionally good film. Also, it has a mad sense of superb humour, and some great music to top it all of.
It's heartwarming, understated and funny when you least expect it. What more would you want to put this on.