Confused. Contrived. Never gets out of 2nd gear. And possibly the worst ending to a movie ever nominated for best picture.

Apparently african american stories are too stereotypical so lets write a movie to show theres another side to this narrative... The formula = a lead with an incompredendible arc + several dysfunctional and irrelevant family and relship subplots none of which close out + contrived and almost cartoon like characters which make the social comment farcical + the worst possible ending for any movie ever nominated for best picture.

The sad thing is the basic premise is interesting however the depiction of this as a social comment piece in 2023 is weak and dated and we should expect much more.

So why was it sold as being so good? One guess.