Restless City

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walter m In "Restless City," Djibril(Sy Assane) is a recent immigrant to New York City from Dakar, Senegal. Currently, he makes his living as a sidewalk vendor. Sometime in the future, he hopes to make a living through his own music. Enter Trini(Sky Grey). "Restless City" could be thought of as a sincere examination of an immigrant's struggles in America. Making matters harder is his running afoul of the wrong people. At least, that's what I thought it might be about, as "Restless City" is so drowning in style and jump cuts, it is hard to make sense of some of it. It's all the more aggravating and confounding, considering this kind of difficult approach is not the right way to go with the limited means on display. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member The director knows how to make a scene gorgeous, an actor smolder, a setting vibrate. That's what I focused on during this film whose plot has several holes in it. But it's a fun and beautiful watch. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member The only path I know is music. An immigrant from Africa struggles on the streets of New York as a delivery driver. He is an aspiring musician that is also on the lookout for love. He starts seeing a prostitute in a very dramatic but unique relationship. How will this strange pairing survive? "This can be a very hard city." Andrew Dosunmu, director of Hot Irons, Mother of George, and the Yizo Yizo TV series, delivers Restless City. The storyline for this picture is interesting and has a nice blend of grit and realism. The characters are interesting and compelling and the script is well written. The cast delivers better than average performances and includes Mohamed Dione, Danai Gurira, Osas Ighodaro, Zoey Martinson, and Femi Olagoke. "You think you're too beautiful for me?" The Restless City is a movie that grabbed my attention based on its interesting plot. The movie itself was just above average and I felt the characters could have been better developed. Overall, I do recommend seeing this movie once but I wouldn't kill myself to see it. "I'll see you at the top." Grade: C+ Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Great high quality filming & cinematography, but loses stream without context to the action. I couldn't finish it.. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member It makes sense that the director used to work in the fashion industry - the film is beautiful to watch and full of amazing outfits. The plot, however, is not as impressive nor is the acting ability of the lead roles. The attractive protaganist couldn't aim his acting ability at the broad side of a barn. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member First Viewing: visually, I was stimulated a lot of interesting shot choices especially the reflections and time code sequencing. However, the story was very generic and the acting with the exception of a few was pretty bad. I would watch it again to see if I can catch a few more things story wise but I doubt it would that much to make me change my idea of the film totally. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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