When they saw it in theaters. I took forever to watch it myself. But it has that kinda underdog theatrical violin swell triumph in spots. I admit that the ending was anticlimactic for me.

Also, I didn't know I kinda loved Viola Davis. She reminds me so much of a lady from my church as a kid. I'll watch anything Octavia Spencer ever does (except that kids with cancer show) ever since she was on Halfway Home on Comedy Central. I don't think any one project will ever adequately make use of what she's truly capable of. I can get with her in a serious role, but her comedic turns end me.

But the thing that struck me was the apathy to police brutality bit , when the whole crowded street watched the cop nightstick Aunjanue Ellis in the face/head, blinked and moved on. If not for its absolute basis in truth, it would be absurd. And yet, that aspect of our cultural existence has not changed.