The Great White Hope

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steve d James Earl Jones gives his best performance. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Great performance from James Earl Jones and Jane Alexander. But thats it. I am surprised at how choppy and TV sized Ritt’s direction and narrative is. Looks and feels episodic, overlit, and small. Alexander’s part is essentially a supporting one in HIS story, but Oscar often has to nominate female supporting parts as leads. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 05/11/19 Full Review Audience Member Complex and outstanding! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member The best sports movie ever made! With the best movie character ever portrayed: James Earl Jones as Jack Jefferson! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member This is an unusual film - one which is nearly impossible to properly understand and place in context. On the surface this is a historical tale of racial differences in a very public forum. But this was also presented in a time of great upheaval in human rights. Then there's a third level of a present day viewer's interpretation. How do we relate to the issues of race, love, moral dignity, and living with the weight of public perception? Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review kevin w I've been liking me some Marty Ritt films lately, an undiscovered gem for me, and though not quite up to his usual stuff this one'll do in a pinch. When it first came out lo those many, many years ago (We were so poor, we didn't even have rocks) it proved highly impactful to the rest of my life and certainly my worldview. Now though, many of the seams are plain to see, for instance how much of the stage play aspects of the thing remain intact. James Earl Jones doesn't really have much of a range to explore his character and the same is true for the underdeveloped but centrally decisive Jane Alexander character. And the point of the thing, the grinding racism of the most free nation on the earth and how it adversely affects the lives of individuals isn't given its full scope. Nonetheless the flavor of the idea is present and enough to engage. In a supposedly free country where an essential kernal of life is the denial of perpetuating an oppressive condition, this piece still speaks volumes. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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