Review of Antebellum (2020) by Unclewillard — 18 Sep 2020
This is the cinematic equivalent of our current culture, in that it looks to the past from our current moral perspective, ignoring the process that got us here. Slavery was horrifying and we know that now, and we know that because we made it illegal.
Ignoring that growth nullifies the fact that, while we had slavery less than 200 years ago, we've evolved to the point of having had a black president in that historically short amount of time. This film is just another, pandering what if adventure like Watchmen and Lovecraft Country, where our black heroes get revenge for past wrongs.
It's a movie version of shoulda, coulda, woulda. It also has no value. Add to that, Janelle Monae is not a good actress.
This review of Antebellum (2020) was written by Unclewillard on 18 Sep 2020.
Antebellum has generally received mixed reviews.
Was this review helpful?
