Review of A Good Day to Be Black & Sexy (2008) by David B — 05 Mar 2009
"Seriously not fun to watch" Truer words were never spoken. Yes, it strives to dig into the not-so-nice side of relationships but what it comes up with is a bunch of reprehensible characters in hard-to-watch vignettes. The women are selfish and conniving, and the men are either weak or jerks (except the dude in the last segment lol. He went out cool).
And what's up with a movie that is an R-rated, frank, adult piece on sex... that's afraid to show frontal nudity? It was like it was purposely being avoided. Wack.
On a visual level, while I typically have nothing against the "cinema verite" handheld camera look, there were moments where I felt almost seasick. Too much is too much.
Despite all that, I respect the ambition to explore the dark side of relationships. It doesn't necessarily have to be "fun" to be a good film, but Neil LaBute this is not.
This review of A Good Day to Be Black & Sexy (2008) was written by David B on 05 Mar 2009.
A Good Day to Be Black & Sexy has generally received mixed reviews.
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