It’s rare to see a movie where two characters, especially two African Americans, are allowed to just talk to one another. Writer-director Richard Tanne takes a few liberties with the facts to create a storyline, bringing the pair to a community meeting where Barack addresses the room, where the up-to-then hesitant Michelle begins to take notice of her suitor’s magnetism and charisma. They go on to do more, of course, but “Southside With You” is only concerned with that first date and the initial sparks between the pair.īoth Sawyers and Sumpter are engaging in their roles, playing them as people rather than caricatures or impressions (though there are some unmistakable Obama-isms in Sawyers’ portrayal of young “Bar,” as he’s known). They talk about each other’s families, about religion, about “Good Times.” They’re both working at the same corporate law firm and are itching to do more with their careers. “Southside With You” is the story of the first time Barack Obama (Parker Sawyers) took out Michelle Robinson (Tika Sumpter) on Chicago’s south side in the summer of 1989. These factoids are dutifully trotted out in writer/director Richard Tannes Southside with You with a clockwork regularity that suggests a faithful. SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU Movie Review A romance is a romance and that's the ultimate take-away from writer/director Richard Tanne's SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU. Not exactly the stuff of cinematic fireworks, but that’s why “Southside With You” works: It’s a real story about two people getting to know each other and connecting on their first date.Īlso, those two people happen to be the future president and the first lady. They go to a museum, they get some ice cream, they catch a movie. Rather than going that route, SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU provides an escapism movie threaded with meaning, themes of forgiveness, learning what you want from life, not judging, and striving for more even.
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