Till (2022)
57KTill (2022). Till: Directed by Chinonye Chukwu. With Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall, Jamie Renell, Whoopi Goldberg. In 1955, after Emmett Till is murdered in a brutal lynching, his mother vows to expose the racism behind the attack while working to have those involved brought to justice.
“I wasnu0026#39;t fully immersed in it, like I could tell I was watching a movie, it didnu0026#39;t make me feel like I was part of it or lost in the story. Pretty slow, especially first part of the movie. Maybe the fact that this was a true story makes it hold more weight because I wasnu0026#39;t really moved by the movie itself, gives it emotional value as itu0026#39;s very important in American black history.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOnly problem is the story went how I thought it would, so it just feels like one that youu0026#39;ve already heard before. If youu0026#39;re already invested in the what the movie has to tell beforehand, then you might appreciate it more. I thought it would be something new and intriguing, instead itu0026#39;s different characters and setting but same stories and similar ones have already been told better(sad reality that theyu0026#39;re commonplace).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt carries an important message, just unfortunate it wasnu0026#39;t told as best as it couldu0026#39;ve been. It just leans so much on the pain the mother and story carries in order to move you. Itu0026#39;s not half bad, itu0026#39;s just a movie that needs you to already believe in the message to elevate it from just a decent movie into an astonishing one. But because of the emotional value it has, it might still received very favorably by some, maybe even most.”
