Review of Native Son (2019) by Jluis_001 — 22 Apr 2019

I've never read Native Son but I've always wanted to do it, maybe now after I've seen this adaptation I finally do it.

The book was published 80 years ago and for all I've heard about it still quite relevant and although the story of this film is obviously an update of the subject the book relates, I honestly found it a bit empty and even kinda robotic.

I'm not so sure if that's the right word to make clear how I felt the story but I said this because even though the film begins very well and keeps a good style for most of the first part, it comes to a certain point in the second half where it gets lost and also the final part feels a bit shallow. I know it seems to try to give a message but it really doesn't.