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A Raisin in the Sun
Dreams can make a life worth living, but they can also be dashed by bad decisions. This is the crossroads whare the Younger family find themselves when their father passes away and leaves them with $10,000 in life insurance money. Should they buy a new home for the family? Perhaps a liquor store? While no choice is easy, life on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s is even harder.
| Release : | 2008 |
| Rating : | 6.6 |
| Studio : | |
| Crew : | Director, Original Music Composer, |
| Cast : | Sean Combs Sanaa Lathan Audra McDonald Phylicia Rashād Bill Nunn |
| Genre : | Drama |
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Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.
It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
I thoroughly enjoyed this film version of "A Raisin in the Sun." The play is an important work of American literature and this adaptation brings it to life with emotional, engaging performances. The strongest portrayals come from Phylicia Rashad (Mama) and Audra McDonald (Ruth). This film includes some scenes that have been added from the original play, but these do not detract from the story; rather, they add context that readers of the play may miss. For instance, the play is set entirely in the Younger family's apartment. However, the film includes scenes set in a number of different locations around 1950's Chicago; this allows the film to show some of the racism that the Younger family faces as African Americans living in pre-Civil Rights America. The theme of racism is present in Hansberry's original play, but it may not be obvious to all readers. This film version does an effective job of illustrating this important theme so that viewers can understand the Youngers' story as one of struggle to overcome systemic discrimination.
I think this was great. This movie was great because I enjoyed all the acting in the movie. I like how they changed and added things to the movie from the book. In the movie they help us understand how racism took place.Like when in the supermarket when Mama asked for fresh apples but she was given old apples but when the white lady asked for fresh apples he gave her brand new apples. In the back that had never happened. Also when Walter dropped the white man off and got out the car to talk to Bobo and the cop came and gave Bobo a ticket, and to get off of here.But when we seen Walter he told him to get back in the car and I think he told him that and not Bobo because Walter is driving a white man around in a white man car.
I think this movie was pretty good. The film had some pretty good adaptation of the play and gave decent details on it. However, there was some changes. for example, in the play the Youngers never leaves the apartment and on the film they do. On the other hand, this is good because it gave a better understanding of what was like living in the late 1950s. Also, the film gave a better understanding of the racism that the Youngers suffered by changing the plot. I think that the movie was engaging and emotional, i would definitely watch it again.
I liked this movie because it was a little better than the book. The reason why i liked this movie was because i am a visual learner. The movie showed more stuff than the book like for example how they specified when ruth went to the lady for the abortion. The book said something totally different like they were going to do the abortion at mama's kitchen. Some other differences were how walter didn't take ruth to the movies. In the book walter took ruth to the movies but in the movie walter didn't do that. Overall i like the movie and the book was okay too.
