The hate you give review
Her father spent time in prison after being the right hand man to drug lord King. Her family lives in the poor black neighborhood of Garden Heights. Starr Carter lives in two worlds as two different people. Overall, good film if falling short of greatness. The positivity of its message doesn't jar and does warm the heart and induce tears. Many parts are gut wrenching and very emotional, was often very moved, and what is a bold and complex subject is presented as bold and complex, pulling no punches, very difficult to get right and done very bravely here. The story is compelling, effectively showing the true horrors of the situations without sugar-coating and making one feel very strongly about what's happening and relate. Most of the script does work very well, provoking a lot of thought and emotional wallop and its approach to the story and topics is intelligent and mostly does not preach. Everybody else is very good, with the film remarkably getting the best out of actors who haven't at times amazed elsewhere, some career-best turns here. The acting is one of the best assets, after being in roles that were bright spots but deserving of much better material Amandla Sternberg gives a startling star-making lead performance finally showcasing her talent. The characters have been criticised for being unsubtle stereotypes, to me they were very real and relatable and the way they were presented was not too one-sided. The direction is alert to the drama but also allows breathing space to allow what is happening to resonate. However, 'The Hate U Give' is well made visually and has stirring use of music.
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Also thought that there was some contrived scripting, especially at the attempts at levity, and that parts could have done with more subtlety and tact as well as made much clearer. It is a good thing that as the film progressed it was used less. The voice over is over-used and explains too much, over-explanatory voice-overs unless really crucial to the story has on numerous occasions not been necessary and annoyed and the film easily could have showed more and told less.
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'The Hate U Give' did come over as longer than necessary, would have trimmed it by 15-20 minutes. There are, as said, things that didn't quite work for me. Can see why people like/love it, can also see why 'The Hate U Give' hasn't done it for some, how such a bold topic and its themes are executed is not something that will be universally liked. Not always, some aspects could have been done better and there were things that the film could have done more with or easily done without. On the most part however, 'The Hate U Give' did work. Even if it didn't quite work for me, would still have appreciated 'The Hate U Give' for what it tries to do. Another main reason in seeing 'The Hate U Give' was that it was part of my quest to see and review as many 2018 films as possible, being such a huge fan of film of all genres, old and new. Was really intrigued by the idea of the story, which is a brave, important and relevant one with some very complex themes that have much relevance and importance today.