I'm through with white girls

yep, im going to go see this tonight with my ex who is in fact white.
A review will follow.
The reviews are good so far and I am excited to see the movie BUT my only gripe is the title, if it were flipped around it would be racist "I'm done with Black men!" but because its white it's not read as racist. I'm not going to lie, I can relate to the movie a lot and the character but I will probably squirm the whole time in the theater.


also, a youtube preview of the film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyMyjLUiu7o

 

The premise seems good from an artistic standpoint, but I bet the execution is shitty.

 

So I saw the film and I have to say that it wasnt bad. I would give it 2.5 out 5 stars. The details were off and that was my major sticking point. The movie felt like it was stuck in the nineties and it feels like the film referenced many 90's era romantic comedies. For a better example of what the director was aiming for I would watch 'Jezebels Kiss' feat. Hill Harper.

The movie was not what I expected and I honestly did get emotionally involved towards the end. The movie could easily be a 3.5 or 4 out of 5 five if an editor came on board. My second biggest gripe with the film is that a lot could be moved around and edited to make a really really powerful movie that avoids much of the pitfalls that make it feel like an senior thesis project a film student pulled together. My final complaint is the representation of people. White women were seen as passive and simple, I might be reading too much into things but I also think that black women were seen as hysterical, hyper emotional beings. Black and white men where given a little more depth than the women but the character development in the film needs some tweaking.

The great thing is that the director/producer/writer/lead female was at the movie to have a short Q n' A session. Apparently San Francisco is the test city and I highly recommend supporting the film because it's a film that depicts a different black archetype and reality that is often not explored or talked about. Another great film to look into that shows a different type of black reality is 'Hav Plenty' it's a black film that uses three comedic devices that you never see in black films; sarcasm, dry wit and irony.