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Surprise Saturday: Unpacking "Exhibiting Forgiveness"
Imagine attending a movie where the mystery of what's on screen is only revealed once you're seated, and it turns out to be a cinematic exploration of forgiveness. That's exactly what happened when I, Nathan aka Natey, found myself entranced by "Exhibiting Forgiveness." This surprise screening unveiled a powerful narrative about a black artist interrupted on his path to success by the unexpected return of his estranged, recovering addict father. With poignant performances from Andre Holland, John Earl Jelks, Andra Day, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, this film navigates the intricate dance of father-son relationships with raw honesty and grace. The diversity of the cast brings authenticity to the story, making it a compelling watch for anyone seeking stories that pack a genuine emotional punch. I couldn't help but give it a five out of six, for its ability to portray forgiveness in a refreshingly non-cliché manner.
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Hey everybody, welcome to another surprise Saturday episode of Nadie and Katie at the Movies. I am your host, nathan aka Nadie, of course, and today it is just me and it is just one movie I'm going to be talking about. So I went to go see a screen unseen film, which again, is when you don't know what the movie is going to be until you literally go to your theater seat. So here is a clip of the movie I saw. So you went by. Did you talk to him? You remember Duckman Street, mom? Of course, we lived there for years. Do you remember? Why are you asking me that? Do you remember that broken meal? That night didn't happen. It was a bad dream. I decided what about all the other nights? Were they dreams too? That shit happened. Watch your mouth. He was amazing at first, but the same thing that got a hold of this park got a hold of him. He gave me you, terrell. He was my first love. He was my first love, was my first love and he gave me you.
Speaker 1:This movie is called exhibiting forgiveness and sometimes, with the screen unseen, there's a flop or there's a gem. This movie I consider a. Before I can talk about my likes and dislikes, I gotta go over the synopsis. A black artist on the path to success is derailed by an unexpected visit from his estranged father, a recovering addict. Desperate to reconcile Together, they struggle and learn that forgetting might be a greater challenge than forgiving. Exhibiting Forgiveness stars Andre Holland, john Earl Jelks, andre Day and Anagenu Ellis Taylor I'm sorry if I'm saying that name wrong.
Speaker 1:So, like I said, this movie I consider a real gem. Now, unfortunately I got there a little late. I don't think I missed much, but I'm the type of person who likes to get there either by the trailers or a little bit after the trailers, because nowadays in movie theaters there's like 30 minutes of trailers and then there's, you know, that commercial that reminds you that you're in an AMC theater, and then, if you're in IMAX, there's the IMAX commercial. Or if you're in Dolby, there's a Dolby commercial, and so there's a bunch of stuff that comes before a movie. Nowadays there's a Dolby commercial, and so there's a bunch of stuff that comes before a movie nowadays. So they even warn you when you're getting your tickets. It says give about 20 minutes before the actual film starts. But anyway, I digress.
Speaker 1:This movie was really well done and it tackles a subject that I don't think I've ever seen in a movie before. You know, it has this typical father son estranged relationship, very tough trauma background and usually with a film like this, at the end of the movie it would be easily reconciled and then they would go off into the sunset. But this movie doesn't take that route and that's one of the things I think is my biggest like, besides the acting, of course. The acting was very well done. It was very compelling, very real, very raw. The tension was great. It's just a really well done film when it comes to the acting, but the story itself is what sells me the most about this movie and I'm hesitant to give a lot away because this movie is just so well done. Obviously there's some language issues, there's some content issues. At times it deals with some pretty heavy topics and so you got to go into this with the mindset of you know you're going to hear and possibly see things that you may not want to hear, slash, see. But other than that I mean the directing, the shots, just everything about this film was really really good.
Speaker 1:And I know a lot of people are highlighting the fact that this is a mostly all African-American cast, which is great to see. You know, this is the type of representation and diversity that I think is rarely seen in a lot of films, where almost the whole cast I think there's one character, maybe a couple of minor characters that are Caucasian, but the majority of the cast is African-American and so you get to see this unique version of forgiveness, and with a diverse cast just great acting. Diverse cast, just great acting. Again, andre holland does a great job. John earl jokes, who plays his father. It's just really, really good and I like how it goes back and forth from present day to past, kind of explaining why he, why andre holland's character, has so much resentment towards his father.
Speaker 1:It's just a real and raw movie and I I enjoyed it. I really enjoyed it. I got really into it. Um, there wasn't really much I disliked of it. I mean maybe the content, but it didn't deter me from liking this film. It didn't. It didn't pull me out of the movie, like some content does with some films. I think in the context of what was going on in the movie, the content makes sense and so it's just. I really am enjoying these screen unseen films because you'll find these diamonds that you never would have thought that you would go see. It kind of goes back to Sing Sing and all these other films that I've seen during this screen unseen thing that I've really enjoyed. And I've come out of the theater thankful that I went to go see it because again, this movie takes a topic that's very common in most films and it kind of turns it upside down inside out and does something that I even appreciate it even more because so many times when we think of forgiveness we think that when we forgive someone we have to be hunky dory buddies and that doesn't always happen. And I like how honest this movie was.
Speaker 1:So I would highly recommend you see it, watch it, and I would actually give exhibiting forgiveness a five out of six. I thought it was very well done. The only reason I don't give it a six is because of the content. I'm I'm not a big fan of foul language in movies, so you know what. I'm going to bump it up to a 5.5. I really did like how they took forgiveness and did something different with it and that could be the Christian in me that just loves a good forgiveness movie. But I also liked that they didn't make it your stereotypical hunky dory. Let's go off and have dinner together, kind of ending. So that is exhibiting forgiveness. If you have a chance to see it, I would highly recommend it. And another movie I would highly recommend is the one that we're going to be reviewing this tuesday and that is goodwill hunting, and we may have a special guest. So I'm super excited about that.
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