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This movie was exceptional. Half the theater were in tears at the end. The first act did a great job of building that mother/son bond and getting the audience emotionally invested in the movie. Big shout out to 6 year old Terry for pulling heartstrings. The cast was phenomenal. The score was epic. This was definitely award worthy. So far, movie of the year!!!

I was raised by a single Black mom as well, so I connected w/the story right off the bat let alone the synopsis. Teyana Taylor has a bright future ahead of her with acting. A.V. Rockwell had a great directorial debut. Great review!

I enjoyed the film today up until the ambiguous ending 😒 I also agree about them not expounding on the relationship with Lucky and Terry. I give it an 8/10. I told my friends to support it. I hope the rumors are true and that Teyana Taylor gets nominated at least for an Oscar…shoot, I hope the baby Terry gets recognized as well. The little boy actor did phenomenal as well. 🖤🖤🖤

I had to see this twice and I noticed the second time, that when "Lucky" said to "Inez" .. "You gonna have to tell him what REALLY happened cuz he's gonna start asking questions": (paraphrazing) this was hinting that Terry was indeed abducted

I remember being scared to watch this one at the festival, but I'm so happy I did. I loved how it showcased another layer of the black experience that wasn't only relegated to misery and struggle. I'm so glad you gave this one a chance, man. I am in total agreement with your thoughts, and we even had the same score. Can't wait to see what's up next for A.V. Rockwell! 👏👏👏

@MovieFiles

Жыл бұрын

Yeah Av did her thing and can’t wait to see what she does next as well.

@russelljackson2668

Жыл бұрын

😮

It gave me Precious vibes… and is definitely worth awards! I loved it. The complexity of humanity and the strength of love. That is all of is

@BlameItOnMercury

6 ай бұрын

Curious, How did it give you those vibes? Precious to me was...indescribably dark.

The plot holes towards the end killed this for me. But beautiful execution about the systems that are meant to help us, hurting us.

@MovieFiles

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate you sharing your thoughts. Are you referring to the twist?

@Nmendenh-rl6ej

Жыл бұрын

@@MovieFiles yes the reasoning behind that wasn’t as strong to me

@MovieFiles

Жыл бұрын

@@Nmendenh-rl6ej Yeah I can see what you mean.

@logicallymani

9 ай бұрын

she has a French name in the movie, she’s going to raise more orphans like herself

I loved this movie with every fiber in my being. I was just trying to watch something while I ate my food, and I ended up with this masterpiece 🥹 a story of two people who wanted to find a home within each other with all of the chaos going on around them. Can’t give this performance ENOUGH flowers.

Teyana does her thing in this movie. However, I hated the ending!!! The twist was shocking and I can deal with that but the ending tells me nothing of how Terry prevails and what happens to her.

Loved the movie! It was slow in the middle but I liked how it was a slice of life without over the top drama. The acting was good and loved seeing Terri grow up. It reminded me of Moonlight too. It was such a sweet movie.

@MovieFiles

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Man. If all the awards don't go to this film- I was bawling by the end.

@MovieFiles

7 ай бұрын

Such a beautiful film

@classical421

7 ай бұрын

@@MovieFiles seriously! So profound! Also, I started following you when you were at around 5k and I was so excited to see your channel has been growing

Just watched this today. The score was exceptional. Like a more subtle Spike Lee, that enhanced everything. Inez/Taylor was great and read true to a NYC human at that time which is often missed with other NY led casts. 2 things were so very profound to me - when Inez said that damaged people don’t know how to love one another - very apt but not for lack of trying - and that nobody loves Black women well aside from other black women - and as a gut punch - not that it doesn’t happen but that I’ve certainly found community with other black women in a way I haven’t found it elsewhere.

The film ended like life goes on . That I'm so confused

I didn't understand her smile at the end. What does it mean? Is it like she happy to begin another life?

Hey Sir El, I also dug how the Teyana character evolved as a character by making a way for her son to have a stable home and father figure, though temporarily in their life. I felt it was a celebration of what single Black mothers are willing to do to sustain their family. The twist in the 3rd act took me by surprise too. My only criticisms are that I wish we had more light on Teyana during her vulnerable moments and that there were several scenes in the 1st and 2nd acts that were slow. I fought hard to stay engaged during those times. Thanks for sharing your intelligent review as always!

@MovieFiles

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I loved how it displayed a single black mother. Also yes, that twist I didn’t see coming. Appreciate you sharing your thoughts and supporting the review.

@colstonlchinese

Жыл бұрын

@@MovieFiles Thank you!

I saw it in theaters and am a little "meh" on it. The premise sounded really cool: Woman kidnaps kid and tries to live as family while evading authorities. Sounds pretty sweet. I mean that is what we got, but it was more mundane and protracted than I expected. The progression was more "this happens, then that happens, then this happens...." and so on. There wasn't much in the sequence of events that made me feel like I was in the beginning, middle or latter part of the story. It's the same problem I had with Tar where it's a deep character study, but I can't follow where where the story is going. I felt like there was supposed to be a beginning and ending that wasn't shown to us because it started and stopped at a weird spot with more to be desired. Is this film mostly made for kind folks such as yourself who identify with it, or is it just me?

Teyana came a long way from choregraphing for Beyoncé and creating the chicken noodle soup dance will check this out. i remember seeing William Catlett in black lighting great actor

I loved the movie And I loved that the woman who played Terry’s mum changed her life to raise him I also loved the fact that Lucky was a good man and made their lives better They needed each other Even though I am a white Anglo Saxon Australian male I appreciated the love which kept them together

Why Black folks can't end a movie right? Why we can't have a happy ending. They should have jumped 4 more years so we could see what happened to them. Now we will never know. It just did not end right!

I agree with your critique of Act 1 vs Act 2-3 and the themes. I think this happens a lot in black films bc we want to make it “real” for us so it covers everything all at once.

@MovieFiles

Жыл бұрын

Definitely agree, a lot to tackle with the runtime and how they broke down the film but still a beautiful story

@jamming8148

Жыл бұрын

@@MovieFiles 💯 I love us for real! All the parts of us!

I am late seeing this movie but I thought it was great and Tiana did a great job portraying the character. It had me invested to see what would happen to them and him. The ending through me for a loop and also made the movie even better. I would have like to see what happened to them after everything came to a head. I would have also liked to see them expand on certain aspects of the movie as well. Overall worth a watch!

Loved this one, my favorite of the year too so far! Glad more people are talking about it. ❤

Loved this film, definitely a NYC Timepiece. Excellent Acting by Ms. Taylor, Lucky and the Son Terry. The Soundtrack was great, even had a Ghostface Killia, Wu Tang Clan Song in it.

@MovieFiles

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it and appreciate you watching my review.

Love how you covered this without any spoilers ❤

Causeway was my favorite film last year, this is my favorite film this year. 10/10. Every film has flaws. Everything. This was an unconventional unexpected love story.

@MovieFiles

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it as well.

I finally got to see this movie yesterday. It was so good.

@MovieFiles

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

It was a beautiful film overall, but I was more concerned about the boy's life rather than the flawed mother, which was probably the intent, since she said she wanted to save him and give him a life she never had or something to that she needed him more than he needed her. I was bawling in the end in a theater in plastic LA. I loved the black father role model theme. I don't think killing him off with cancer contributed to the plot. They could have broken up because of his cheating or something, the writer does have issues with men, so maybe it came out that way. Anyway, as a budding filmmaker, I don't think I want my audience to feel the way I did when I left the theater. It was a beautiful film, but very unsettling. I'm pleased that I saw it to be able to participate in the conversation, but I wouldn't see it again.

I am very conflicted about the movie. Teyana, Will, Aaron, and Aven did an outstanding job. I was not feeling Josiah (high school) Terry at all. His emotions did not ring true to me and the so-called confrontation between Teyana and him once he found out she was not his mom was cringy to watch for me. His ability to evoke trauma, heartache and even tears was horrible and unbelievable. I think when a movie tries to cover so many themes at one time, they miss the opportunity to really go deep into the plot of the film. My husband and I debated about what the ending of the movie meant. I think she felt that even with all her flaws and short comings she was able to raise a young man who will go out into the world and do wonderful things. But I also feel that the way the teen-age Terry played his role he was giving broken, fragile, and ill equipped to navigate what life is going to throw at him. The plot twist at the end that she was not his mom made the movie even more disappointing to me because she let him down repeatedly throughout the film and this was her last act of betrayal.

@kingshire79

6 ай бұрын

I agree with the college Terry. The emotions he portrayed was not there... it felt forced.

@87883

3 ай бұрын

Actually he was just like the people who raised him. They showed no emotion (except during their fights),pretended that everything was normal , secretive, lacking order, confidence, he was use to people being passive aggressive, dysfunctional household, and he was physically and emotionally abused. He is just as broken if not more mentally than his abductors and his whole life was a lie and now he is running away from help because he believes help is the problem. She believes she won and she is still a Thief that just stole his chance at a healthy life. She never tells him she loves him at the end and smiles in the back of a cab because she finally has what she wanted(someone who will care and need her because they are lost/stolen So in her twisted mind she won.

Can someone please tell me why its called One thousand and one?

@TMayo-bh3mq

5 ай бұрын

It was the apartment number on the door. If you remember, when she first moved in, her friend said, "the dash missing." The door said 10 01

@krestal0

5 ай бұрын

Thank You @@TMayo-bh3mq

I'm just here to see if someone can explain to me why it ended like that 😩

Great movie

I'm definitely checking it out this weekend ❤

@MovieFiles

Жыл бұрын

Let me know what you thought after

Where can I watch it

@MovieFiles

Жыл бұрын

Only in theaters for now

@playafly131

Жыл бұрын

ON STREAMING EVERYWHERE NOW

@charleswhite334

Жыл бұрын

If you have Peacock you can watch it on there

@Igetsitin89

Жыл бұрын

123movies

Dungeons and Dragons review coming or nah?

@MovieFiles

Жыл бұрын

Didn’t have time unfortunately to do a full review but here’s my 60 sec review kzread.infoBofuQGSEtzQ?feature=share

@charleswhite334

Жыл бұрын

That movie is trash anyway 😂

only made 3 mil dollars from 900 cinemas.

I don't understand what you mean about look alike? She was not his son. (spoiler alert). You don't know what the father looked like if she was his son. My mother looked like her great grandmother. My brother looked like my grandmother.

@MovieFiles

5 ай бұрын

Time stamp for reference

I can't deal with these black struggle movies anymore. 🤦🏾‍♂️

@MovieFiles

Жыл бұрын

There’s more to the film than just the black struggle. The main kid T has a plot displaying his intelligence in academics, their family boding, a lot of inspirational moments on the movie.

@bejaylagrone4084

Жыл бұрын

@@MovieFiles ok, I haven't seen it, I'll take your word for it and check it out.

@tamaracharese

Жыл бұрын

It’s far more a triumph movie than struggle but I fully understand

@neecysmith7119

Жыл бұрын

I plan to see it. Your mom and grandmother did an outstanding job!😊

@Blkqueen33659

Жыл бұрын

Why it’s still happening! This definitely wasn’t about just the struggle! It’s about the care of a black woman who didn’t have any children give her life to a unwanted child.