Back to the Drawing Board: 9 Black Films That Were Disappointing…
Idlewild
A huge Outkast fan, I believed all the hype about this film so much that I bought it to watch rather than renting it first. Uh, big mistake. While a charming piece of work when it comes to the visuals (all that color and those costumes, my goodness!), still, as my friend would say, you know a film is in hot water when you can’t remember what the plot was. This was my first time witnessing Paula Patton on-screen, and while she was great, the movie as a whole was just okay. Films that center around black folks running a juke joint and all the dirty dealings of it need a lot more than good music and Andre 3000’s fine self to keep folks interested for hours.