VERY impressive.
The choice of tonal shifts was surprisingly effective.
He could have made the movie about any 1 or 2 of the characters and it would have worked. But the ensemble approach was great.
If I had to note three particular performances: Nick Cannon showed up and showed out; Samuel L. Jackson is a riot as the narrator; John Cusack definitely gave the film's biggest speech - and did so fantastically. Amazing it's been so long since he's been in anything good, much less had the chance to flex his acting muscles.
This is a good fall/winter season for films, and CHI-RAQ is a good one to check for.


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