Review of Miss Evers' Boys (1997) by Aaron T — 27 Feb 2008
A film more effective in its message than in its execution.
The flaws first: the acting in this movie is frankly sub-par, despite its very good cast. The movie was not sure who to focus on in terms of development, so it tried to tackle showing all of them, and it ust ending up with a lot of shallow characters.
The good parts: sets were great, I really felt like I was there. The story really conveyed the tragedy effectively, in no small part that it was so well paced.
The movie was trying to show what happened with the Tuskeegee Experiment, in which the United States government knowingly and willfully experimented on a group of black people to see the effects of syphilis over a period of time, in order to see if they reacted differently than white people, even though they had a known cure for the disease. It is a very important piece of history in illustrating very blatant racism, and reminding us that we aren't out of the woods yet.
This review of Miss Evers' Boys (1997) was written by Aaron T on 27 Feb 2008.
Miss Evers' Boys has generally received positive reviews.
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