“Blindspotting”: Movie Review
This is the aftermath of the film"Get Out".
Relevant perspectives on culture, society, and the subtle nature of racism in modern America. And "Blindspotting" was nail bitingly close to creating that desperate, anxious feeling. But it misses the mark due to a poor lack of cohesion.
Taking place in Oakland, California, we follow Collin (Daveed Diggs) and Miles (Rafael Casal), (two childhood friends) as they deal with the volatity of one anothers personality.
Part of the problem with "Blindspotting" is the actual storyline. It's so broken and incoherent it takes until the last third of the movie for it to all come together. And it comes together very nicely (while being extremely contrived) and makes the message loud clear adding along a feeling of unease and relevancy to it's subject matter in the last 30 minutes.
Unfortantely the acting is hit or miss. Some of the acting is terrific while others like Collin's ex girlfriend Val (Janina Gavankar) is flat out amateurish. Which falls on director Carlos Lopez Estrada's style over substance type of filmmaking. And the film breathes this beautiful vibrancy of colors and culture like no movie I've seen this year. It's gorgeous.
But it's a shame that "Blindspotting" falls to its own despair. The subject matter is timely and relevant, but it never totally fleshes those ideas out over its miniscule 90 minute length. The positives (the music, the two main actors, and the style) are brilliant, but the negatives (lack of direction, incoherency, and storytelling) are just completely inferior.
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