American Refugee

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Sandra A Derek Luke and Erica Alexander were amazing. This film had me wondering about our society, my family and the world. The acting of these two was phenomenal. Though everyone else were good, these two stood out. I am HUGE ERICA ALEXANDER FAN. I first saw Luke in Antwon Fisher some years back and he's evolved into one of the greats. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/07/24 Full Review John A An interesting look at the various ways people may deal with a collapse of society, including some of the asset/liability and paranoia/trust issues that arise. The movie thankfully avoided the low hanging fruit of 'because racisms'. Was going along kinda well till the last 10 minutes where everything from the script to the acting itself went in an unrealistic and absurd direction. The final two minutes seem like they tried to make up for the previous ten that had turned a good movie into a "Meh, it passed the time." movie. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/30/24 Full Review Shopaholic R Great! How r all the bad movies rated high and good movies low! This is a 5 star for me! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/30/23 Full Review Anna R I gave this movie 5 stars because I'm ignoring the underlying, racist stereotypes. To begin with, the movie is entertaining from the first few minutes until the very end. You don't know what will happen next, which is rare for a film, now days. Here's the reason it got bad reviews: The ending, and I mean the very last two minutes. is unrealistic. It had to be written this way, though, to redeem its endless flaws in relationships to how it portrayed black men and women. Like everyone else said, it emasculates black men and writes the two black women into the "strong black woman" archetype. Let's not forget the ever-cheating black man, and "angry" black woman who takes him back. It could've been easily written in a way in which the women were more feminine and where the main, black character was less of a coward, while still portraying the main character as someone who views both through those lenses. The idea that this man and his family were so incompetent, wasn't even believable, as a plot line. I can't agree with the assessment about their son, since the plot clearly states that he was nonverbal because he was adopted by them, coming from a past involving severe trauma. I've worked with trauma survivors and kids are most likely to use this coping mechanism, and often do. It still would've been better had they said he'd only been with the family for a year or two. It portrays both as excellent, loving parents, as well as a supportive sibling, meaning the child which would have made an improvement to the point of periodically using words, only digressing to being non-verbal under stressful situations, like in the movie. A better approach would've been having the child use words before finding out about his aunt or witnessing the break in. That's neither here nor there, though, unless there are plans to rewrite the entire script. It's not a hard movie to watch, though, if taken with a grain of salt, and ignoring the uncomfortable undertones, throughout. As a film to just veg out to, I'd highly recommend it. It truly does leave you wondering what'll happen next. The ending even satisfying, in comparison to the rest. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/26/23 Full Review Bruno V Filme lixo! Nunca pensei que conseguissem fazer um filme tão escroto e sem noção como esse. A julgar pelo trailer imaginava que fosse um filme de cair o queixo! Primeiro não é um filme de sobrevivência e, sim de uma aula de lacração. Temos a mulher que é machista, onde tem o marido fraco... Nossa, esse filme se superou na ruindade. Nem quero mais comentar a respeito! Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/05/23 Full Review Kei V I loved it. It took an unexpected dark twist and I was on the edge of my seat for most of it. It was a reality check. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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