Review of The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019) by Brent_Marchant — 28 Jun 2019
I suppose there's a good story hidden somewhere in this film, but it never surfaces. The picture's reliance on gorgeous cinematography of a beautiful city and some capable acting are far from enough to save this cluttered, unfocused mess of a story.
Perhaps the biggest issue is that the film tries to cover too much ground and doesn't do most of its many, many themes justice as a result. From gentrification to white privilege to black-on-black violence to busting the balloons of unrealistic pipe dreams, the film raises more questions than it answers or even fleshes out.
"Last Black Man" may be pretty to look at, but it clearly needed a few more rounds of script review to pull off whatever it was attempting to do.
This review of The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019) was written by Brent_Marchant on 28 Jun 2019.
The Last Black Man in San Francisco has generally received positive reviews.
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