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TDennis Dortch directs, writes, and produces A Good
Day To Be Black and Sexy. ***
The film is broken into short segments, which revolve
around couples at different parts of their relationships,
facing different life challenges. Each segment deals with
different groups of people and the obstacles they are forced
to face as a part of everyday life. Amongst the subjects
are tensions resulting from a couple now being married,
an Asian woman's black boyfriend and her family's inability
to accept him, and several others. ***
This is an interesting film, and certainly a worthwhile
rental if nothing else. The shorts all explore interesting
themes, but the problem is just that - they're shorts. Each
one of these shorts features compelling characters and situations
- several of which could easily have been made into their
own stand-alone movie. As shorts, the characters feel flat
and one-dimensional, and never get the chance to properly
evolve. Likewise, the situations feel resolved too quickly.
I didn't find myself bonding with the characters, and for
the most part, not really getting into their respective
conundrums. That's the problem here - it's not one compelling
full-length movie - it's several half-finished, thrown-together
ideas that had potential. ***
Image And Sound:
This movie is filmed in that “documentary” style that
gets up-close and personal with the characters, and is often
of questionable quality. You can tell the filmmakers were
going for a “real” experience, with no major sound production
or lighting efforts. While they succeed in this regard,
and while these were clearly the filmmakers' intentions,
the end result is less than spectacular. The sound mix is
a bit inconsistent as well, with some effects the crew wanted
to highlight almost obnoxiously loud in the mix. All in
all, this isn't the worst film I've ever seen filmed in
this style, but it certainly isn't the best either.
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Features: |
TYou get the standard stuff you get on most DVDs -
behind the scenes footage, audition footage, deleted scenes,
and a live performance. Fans of the movie will enjoy this
stuff, but if you were anything less than a die-hard, you
might want to take a pass on this few ultimately negligible
bonuses.
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