"You People" tries WAY TOO HARD to be relevant! | Deep Dive Movie Review & Analysis
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- You People is a Netflix movie written by Jonah Hill and Kenya Barris, with dozens of A-list cameos. But the movie tries WAY TOO HARD to be relevant. In this deep dive review and analysis, we're discussing the movie's biggest flaws and ways that modern filmmaking often leaves us wanting more.
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Thank U 4 this commentary.
I enjoy'd Eddie Murphy in "Beverly Hills Cop" 👍🏾😀😂
& Many of his other comedy's & action packed movies as well.
Thnx 4 remind'n me abt & Remember'n Destiny.😉😊
1 of my Very encouragn,🤩😍 uplift'n, positive names.
That name def. gives me hope 4 my future "Heaven Bound"... 👼🏾👍🏾😘😎
I gave this movie a solid 4 out of 10. I really wanted to like it. But it felt like it waned to be ground breaking but didn't understand the style of humor it used to present its characters.
I would love to see your recommendation for a movie that does an interracial relationship well.
First, good job on the review👋👋👋👌totally agree with everything you said, Eddie Murphy brought nothing to this movie, the worst EM acting performance ever, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss carried the movie, her character gave it some life, the Ezra character made no sense at all, on any level, , this was an embarrassing film for such an all-star cast, what would've been funny IMO is Ezra inviting both sets of parents on his podcast and that's where they meet for the first time, but yea this is a horrible movie....
I think they were trying to hurriedly patch up the “damage” that Kanye & Farrakhan have done in waking black America up to the nature of who really controls their narrative & culture (in case ur wondering who just know it’s not black people lool). & so They rushed this film & misread a lot of socio-cultural situations in the process.
"Representation matters but only if its quality"
Preach!
Disney needs to take notes
✊🏾👊🏾
Let Disney!!!! We still pressed that our first black princess was green smh
@@TheMOVIEMANIAC13 at least you have a main beautiful princess that stands a long with the others. Hispanics have to settle down with a Disney Jr Princess to represent them.
Still waiting for one.
@@Bunny2319b I know I'm a writer myself I was actually writing the first Hispanic princess named Catalina and the crazy thing is I'm a black guy but I know how much representation matters because we can all dream equally
@@Bunny2319b I always say this I’m
Arab and litrelly there is never representation or Arab Latinos Asians Indian etc they always have side kick role and blacks rule half the Hollywood and half the singers are blacks and these ppl still
Complaint the entitlement of blacks is nauseating
Nia Long just… sat there. Like no one couldn’t give her anything to do? I hated that her character was so boring
LOL Mel, I laughed at this cause I could hear someone saying this out loud "no one couldn't give her anything to do?" Like seriously, they did not use her at all.
@@TiffanyByrdHarrison and she’s such a huge name. She’s NIA LONG??!
Omg! She had like 3 lines! What a waste of talent.
Kenya barris doesn’t really care to cast black women darker than a brown paper bag, so it’s definitely no surprise that he didn’t care to give her much lines..
As a black mom, her not having nothing to say was unrealistic.
The fact the kiss at the end was done using CGI told me everything I needed to know about the protagonists' chemistry, or lack thereof
you’re so right. When i learned that, I was shocked
I need to go back and finish the very end. I fell asleep after the breakup. They kissed and it was CGI? Oh wow! 😬
And what was annoying is that ppl hyped it on TikTok for weeks saying they had such good chemistry from the trailers.
@@JanAquaSun that’s when I fell asleep too 😂
I agree with everything you said 100%. Especially your last thought. I think Hollywood is getting sloppy with the ideal that as long as it’s made by black with black characters with lack of effort for good story lines that we will say it’s good and support it regardless. We need to stop that and hold them accountable for lazy script writing.
OKAY but you not saying it loud enough for the people in the back! Sorry for yelling lol but truly, they know that Black people want to support other Black art, and we don't want to criticize it because we want more of it to be made. But in order for our art to get better, we have to be critical of it! Nothing changes if we don't say anything and we have to be willing to demand better from the creative leaders in our community.
I think this is a side effect of Hollywood in general not having enough original ideas nor middle ground with its characters, writing and ideals. It’s now seeped into Black media! We need softer, more realistic concepts that aren’t coming so heavy handed with these shallow concepts. Especially about things as controversial as race or religion. They need to take care of the audiences feelings, and stop treating us like we’re stupid, stop thinking ‘well if it’s made like this about this Black people will have to support it!’ No. Set ourselves to a higher standard.
Facts we need to hold black creators accountable there’s a few things that should be extinct like colorism and gate keeping from black creators to other black creators and artists
I agree whole heartedly with this review. And in addition to Ezra and Amira’s chemistry not being there, his constant lying was obnoxious. It wasn’t cute or endearing to me at all.
OOOH, Jill! That lying was TEW MUCH. I genuinely didn't understand why Eddie's character as the father would come around when Ezra lies like it's his job.
Bro this one of the worst movies ive seen. They did us dirty yall. Theres not gonna be a black love story for another 10 years
NOOOooo! i hope we can salvage it at some point. lol
How did it do yall dirty? It was funny, relatable and it's obvious that real interactions helped shape this movie.
@@amandafarley1403 i agree people are to woke these days to enjoy comedy hence comedians getting cancelled.
That's pushing it too far, bro.
Keep the hope alive, mate. There have been good black romantic movies, but it requires a different kind of touch, y'know?
@@amandafarley1403 agreed with the real interaction, but I didn't laugh or felt too related. 🤔
Kenya’s writing rubs me the wrong way 😩😩😩
Me too!
It’s annoying and repetitive
Because it’s purely deprived off of the narratives of interracial and black stereotyping it’s indeed repetitive because blackish and mixedish was enough kenya
I think Quinta Brunson from Abbott Elementary would have killed London's role opposite Jonah. They would fit together and have more chemistry in my opinion. You're right. There was a lack of romance. It was like two work buddies decided to get married.
ooh! Quinta could have been so funny. but i think she would have thought the writing needed work before signing on 😬
I also think the problem was with the writers was writing for themselves and the character they can relate to. Jonah writing for a 30+ yo white man who dates a black woman and Kenya writing for a black dad. Where did the female lead fit into their story? They just heavy handedly wrote a bunch of scenes for her that's where it really became unbalanced for me. For more than half the movie, I kept screaming what is this girl's iob, who are her friends, what is her motivation in life give me something about her, until around halfway they gave all the answers about her in 1 scene.
yep! you are so right, they didn’t have a solid grasp on writing for her or any of the women. So it did feel like they were just props for the story rather than actual people.
@@TiffanyByrdHarrison it's so disappointing. Couldn't they have had a team of writers to balance their writing
Yes, I felt this movie was all masculine and they left out the women. The women felt like decorations
I just wish Kenya Berris and Jonah hill just realize you can’t force funny . Kenya does this all the time . Trying to force us to laugh .
You can't force funny! PERIODT. I hope they do, too, for all of our sakes.
It felt forced for me as well. Love your perspective in this.
Whew, Stephen! It was truly unfortunate. Also, glad you're back making videos again!
think thats bad look at the new proud family
Also... Were we supposed to give Ezra's mom a gold star for seeing Lauren's character as a human being????? I've never seen a more rushed ending, and I never thought I'd wrap up a movie wishing that the characters didn't get the happy ending.
the whole ending made me angry. empty and hollow!
Jonah should've let the Farrakhan conversation play out. It was the only real moment of the entire movie
Now that would have been engaging! It's very controversial in the NOI / Jewish communities so it could have taken us to a Spike Lee "Jungle Fever" Moment.
@@TiffanyByrdHarrison Sorry for my lack of knowledge, but what is the NOI community?
Nation of Islam
@@sheenaadams6638 Thank you
“Casting dead seeds on shallow soil” is the best metaphor I’ve heard in awhile. Thank you for this
Well, thank you kindly, for watching!
My main issue with this movie was that Lauren’s character seemed to have been overlooked greatly to the point where her story is just a mirrored reflection of Jonah’s character (even in the structuring of the scenes). It’s almost as though her plot line was an afterthought (oh, right… she’s a person too 🫠).
I realised when watching as well that Eddie’s character could’ve been stronger, he was way too passive in his militance.
What I thought was kind of interesting was that both Ezra and Amira seem to be struggling with their religion, more Ezra than Amira. Ezra is Jewish simply because it’s expected of him but Amira seems to be Muslim not just because her family is but maybe also because that’s how she feels connected to her family (which I think was also slightly touched on when Akbar and his brother spoke about familial ties near the end, something that could’ve been explored more throughout).
I agree that the story and some of the characters were underdeveloped but I can’t lie, I enjoyed watching the movie both times I watched it and I’m about to watch it a third in preparation for a livestream w/ NineNerdYards tonight on his TH-cam channel. You should tune in!
Completely agree, Dion! They really did not care about Amira's character and sometimes, rom coms really don't care about the female perspective and it can seem very one dimensional. Also, yeahh...if you've ever talked to a real NOI member, they do NOT play about their militance and they tried to pass it off with the Fred Hampton sweatshirt, but it was very lazy to me.
Now this perspective of struggling with religion is interesting -- I didn't get as much of the notes that you're touching on since it seemed like they were trying to use the Muslim identity as a comedic device, rather than an authentic experience that someone is living. I'm with you though, they need more exploration overall.
So glad you enjoyed watching it! I'd love to pop into the Livestream and will do so if I'm free tonight. Thank you for the invite and for weighing in so thoughtfully here.
Everything you said was so wrong... did we watch the same movie
The story could have gone deeper without being overbearing but it ended up being blotchy and disconnected.
I thought I was alone. I agree that they def wasted Eddie’s presence. Julia did very well… but the movie was not IT.
I wanted this to be soo good. It had all the making to be phenomenal. Very disappointed.
Blotchy, OK! It was wiiiildd, I was too disappointed.
It felt like a bad sitcom, not a movie. Julia-Louis Dreyfus and David Duchovny acted like they had head injuries. Eddie Murphy and Nia Long acted like they took a bottle of Benadryl. So disappointing because it was such a great cast.
so true!
I thought that the siblings in this movie were some of the most interesting/likable characters on screen and they were hardly in the movie at all.
So true! They kinda put them to side.
Everyone looked tired & dry in this movie Lauren london didn't seem like she wanted to be in this movie
I watched the trailer and that was all I needed to know. I refer to the movie “life” as mentioned in this video. In that movie you could directly address the issue and somehow everyone could laugh and connect with the story, be engaged.
@@chunkybuttz844 the problem today is that no one knows how to write great comedy material anymore it's the jokes that are corny & not funny
definitely agree with both points, ya'll. Lauren did not look engaged a lot of the time, but that might have been her lack of interest in her costar. And Life was so well done because it understands that comedy is rooted in truth. That will be my next analysis!
I also don’t understand how they got back together in the end, if I was clearly done with a relationship. My parents and there parents apologizing wouldn’t change how I felt about my ex
It was predictable, during the family dinner I already knew Eddies hat would be destroyed because of the emphasis on how important it was to him so I assumed it would be set on fire.... it was indeed set on fire
YEP! Comedy follows predictable paths from time to time, but you could kinda see it coming a mile away. And I know that safety is of paramount importance, but the fire was CGI, right? Why did it look so weird on screen to me?
Representation matters but only if it's quality...yes! Media tends to treat Blackness like its only one experience, when the truth is the complete opposite. We didn't all grow up in "the hood", we don't all have "baby mamas" and "baby daddys" (I know the plural is "daddies" but we're also supposed to be ignorant). I appreciate your breakdown of the movie, Tiffany. I had no plans on watching it anyway but your analysis solidified that choice. Great video!
Hey Jay! Thank you for the thoughtful comment, and I agree with having a multiple perspective of blackness. We are not a monolith and we must show all sides in order for it to be true representation. Appreciate you!
Agree 100%. This movie made me so irrationally angry.
did you ‘hate watch’ it? cause i felt like i was forcing down a tonic, so hard to drink this in
@@TiffanyByrdHarrison I rage watched it :D
The tonic-analogy is great, except, it's not even good for anything. Just a bad aftertaste.
This movie was so bad I was embarrassed watching it. My sister persuaded me to watch it because she said it was so funny she was sure her neighbor heard her laughing. I watched it in shock and then asked her if she'd been under a lot of stress when she saw it and anything was better than focusing on her problems. She genuinely thought it was funny and I wanted to sit her down and talk some sense into her. Taste is subjective, however this was so bad.
Yeah, i could see why you would be confused by her enjoyment -- I felt like I was on another planet with some folks I talked to that enjoyed it. it was kinda surreal.
It was so ridiculous how Ezra was guilty of the EXACT SAME behaviour that Amira criticised his mum for but didn't get any shit for it. Like, his mum was being super weird and treated Amira like she was trying to prove a point instead of like a real person, which is fucked up and uncomfortable, and then Ezra did the same thing with Amira's dad but all of a sudden it's the dad being overbearing. How is lying about playing basketball at a place called Langston Hughes Park in order to score points with a black man any better than what his mum was doing? What a creep.
This film spoke to their audience like we were stupid. The fact that the black female character didn’t want any help from her white fiancé was just ridiculous. She didn’t get the job due to racism, and was content to leave it that way. Who does that?
Nia Long doesn’t look old enough to be her mother. Jonah Hill looked unkempt and poorly groomed. There was no reason to believe she would fall for a cheap, overweight less than average male of any race. #fortheculture
personally, I don't agree that someone's looks should preclude them from romance on screen, but I agree that this film talked down to their audience in the worst way. I really wanted more for the dynamic of the characters conversations.
@@TiffanyByrdHarrison Jonah Hill looking dudes do not get women that are even a 5 on the looks scale. Lauren London is a 5. Keep it 100 please.
@@stanleyball2615 it's a pretty big world out there.... Lmao. Also... Have you been outside? Beautiful black women get with chubby white guys all the time it's like a thing.
I found it amusing as a black woman, to watch a lightskin biracial woman complain bitterly about how hard she's struggled when her character has two well off well connected parents in her household and she went to an amazing historically black university. I know a woman like that in real life would still suffer racism, but it just didn't click with me. She came off as privileged as Ezra. Like I would kill to be in her position growing up and even I had it good growing up in safe Suburbs and going to middle class schools.
And I would take help from my partner because they are my partner, regardless of race. It didn't feel realistic for her to make it a "moment," not from a romantic perspective or from where her character came from. Her father had his own connections that would have gotten her in the door too, so it's not something only white men can give and her character specifically would know that.
I feel like I'm playing victim Olympics against an imaginary character, and I swear it wasn't that deep 🤣, but that just gave me a laugh when I saw it.
@@MrisaVigil Not for marriage. Trickin yes. Having them in a rotation of women yes. But the movie was about a marriage between the two. Hollywood bull. The government keeps marriage statistics you know. You are just too lazy to look this up anyway.
Eddie Murphy's character felt so racist through out the whole movie
I couldn't put my finger on Jonas's character and you said it perfectly. Like why are you THIS awkward if you're supposed to understand black culture like they set it up. Also having Eddie talk about his kids coming out so light, felt like Kenya knew the audience would make a big deal about the casting instead of casting more realistically was weird. It was okay but not a rewatch.
ooh, that’s a good theory! he knew we weren’t having it with his casting so he was trying to get ahead of it
@@TiffanyByrdHarrison Yea definitely. He knew.
Kenya is a colorist.
I think maybe the reason why the movie didn’t meet my expectations is because of how amazing Guess Who was for me, it’s one of my favourites so I don’t think any other movie would measure up
truth! loved guess who
very funny and organic, nothing seemed forced.
Loved Guess Who. Ashton and Bernie did the damn thing. I even had a little crush on Ashton after that 😅 I didn't get the same belly laughs from this film, but I did enjoy it.
@@5050TM NOGAS about the third part. ESPECIALLY with that *"😅"* emoji. However, Yeah, I agree with you on Guess Who. And Bernie Mac was a true comedy legend. May God rest his soul.
Loved this review!! I had the EXACT same opinion. It felt like this could have been a good film that explored interracial and/or/both interfaith relationships but it fell flat on exploring the nuance of that dynamic while also not giving Amira (Lauren London's character) any agency to her background/upbringing.
I agree wholeheartedly, and thank you, taytay! It was not giving Amira any agency whatsoever. It sort of felt like she was an afterthought --- but, but, the movie is a romantic comedy 🤔 the math ain't mathing at all. Thank you for chiming in!
@@TiffanyByrdHarrison Yes exactly! You can tell it was written by Jonah & Kenya for that aspect alone. And I figured the movie would sacrifice that for sake of "comedy" once I saw the trailer but I still wanted to give it a chance lol
You had me at "Follower of Jesus". Super subbed! That was a great analysis. We definitely need to be more mindful of what we consume as a whole especially when you're a follower of Christ and honestly with the way things are going in the world right now, quality content needs to be supported as a whole.
Cousin!! welcome in, fam 🙏🏾 thank you for super subbing, and I am in complete agreement. It is so important to guard your eyes and ears.
Eddie took this for the money or some kind of friendship with Kenya that’s the only thing I could think of as to why the great legendary Eddie Murphy would do this shit .
This is one theory I thought of, too!
And the fact that Kenya went along with this mess proves what he thinks of bw.
He knows the importance of messaging in the media especially toward bw and the fact that this slovenly JH character goes with the bw in this movie is wrong on so many levels.
@@keivajones1865I don’t even think that her being with him is the issue cuz I think he fine 👀😂 BUT I think they all did it for a check tbh like I doubt anybody truly like or appreciated it at the end they all just needed something to step out in
But Eddie has been in whack movies before😂
Or Ed is just a trash actor. Think about the movies that man has been in. 80% of them are horrible. But I think you’re trying to look for a black hero when there really isn’t one.
“Dead seeds on shallow soil” nails it so right on the head!
thank you, Jennifer!
Glad someone is talking about this, I couldn’t understand what my family and friends saw in this movie. It’s not even that I hated the film I was just disappointed. I felt like I was promised one thing and then got the laziest paint by numbers representation. And it doesn’t even make sense, why spend the budget to have a celebrity as big as Eddie Murphy, market this as a comedy, and then not even have it be funny. And most of the parts that appeared to be jokes weren’t even from his character so it makes me wonder did they even intend for his character to be comedic?
Your account name is cracking me up in light of this insightful comment! I agree, paint by numbers is what we have resorted to in a lot of modern day filmmaking. and the budget must have completely gone to Eddie because the rest of the money was not spent on anything else (green screen scenes when Eddie is driving, for example, were pretty rough) And I think you have a great point -- they weren't trying to make Eddie comedic at all..which is weird cause they shouldn't have cast him if that was the case.
It's almost as if...Eddie Murphy has a boss and isn't a self-made Hollywood celebrity.
Oh my gosh! Say it ain't so! 😱
Oprah, Beyonce, even the now despised Kanye, all billionaires, because they sold themselves.
And if you think they are selling themselves to other black people, you need to snap out of whatever capitalist dreamland you're living in. That is not the world anyone is living in.
I had problems with the Character Building as well. I would have loved to see more about everyone and how they got to this point. How did the podcast come to life? What is this friendship about? How did she comes to the point, that she thinks what she thinks? Instead we see a lot of uncomfortable scenes.
So many uncomfortable scenes! I don't know if I could have even taken more info into the podcast or friendship, I was already disinterested in the main characters.
“Super low hanging fruit.” Exactly. You know a tree by its fruit.
Great review! I watched the movie and didn't feel like it was a waste of time. (I've watched way worse.) With such a star-studded cast, I'm surprised it came out the way it did. The story didn't seem to have any kind of connective tissue or purpose to the characters' actions. All of the pieces just felt like they were thrown together in a blender. It almost felt like watching an AI-generated story, where all the elements are there, but they don't quite fit together.
Connective tissue is such a good phrase to describe what was missing! No heart, and no purpose. LOL and if ChatGPT wrote this, I would give it way more credit.
Yes- you hit on it exactly! It does seem like an AI- generated script!
@@DaniElle-di4ho maybe it WAS AI generated and the movie was an experiment to see if we’d notice 😆
Thank you for an honest movie review. I fell asleep twice trying to watch it and wondered if I had watched the same movie as everyone that raved about it.
LOL not fell asleep twice! I appreciate you commenting and watching, too.
"Representation matters but only if it's quality". I would've made that my yearbook quote if I was still in high school right now.
😉☺️ I truly believe we gotta demand better!
Perfect review! Spot on! I heard someone say this film felt like it was write by an AI that was fed information from twitter. Sooo true! lol
I heard that, too! Ai might have been stronger in the characters though 😅
I actually felt that Eddie Murphy’s character was the only good part of the movie because he wasn’t type casted and you could really see his range as an actor.
Was he making money with the podcast??? I didn’t get why he needed to quit his job to sit with his friend discussing Drake or whatever.
That was confusing for me, too! but based on how many folks they had watching and then the upgrade to the Complex platform, I think they were saying it was successful.
i am shocked that u dont already have millions of subs! this videos quality & ur commentary are top notch - super excited for more content
Wow, thank you Sam! I was just checking out your channel -- are you posting elsewhere these days? I love your minimal aesthetic!
@@TiffanyByrdHarrison thank u queen 🥺noo im solely consuming these days but sincerely appreciate you asking! Commentary has been my fav recently tho so im thrilled to have found your channel
COMING TO AMERICA is my favourite Eddie Murphy film and favourite movie in general, but LIFE is criminally underrated. Absolutely Eddie Murphy was wasted in YOU PEOPLE. Only genuine interaction came when his character spoke with Mike Epps character in the dinner scene.
True, Sylvie! Life is the next review up and i can't wait to share that with ya'll -- such a deep movie.
Literally!! The two main characters had literally no chemistry at all. I couldn’t even get 30 mins to the movie and I’ve tried multiple times to watch it!
it’s such a hard pill to swallow! like no honey or nothing is going to make this movie go down easier
This was one of the most objective breakdowns I've seen. Gracias. You broke it down in a comprehensive way that highlighted the key aspects of the film that I was struggling to articulate.
It just felt flat and contrived.
Flat and contrived, yes, Daniel! I think you struggled to articulate because there weren't more words to give it 🤣 lol but truly, appreciate the kind words, friend.
Great review, I honestly enjoyed watching your video and exaplaining also why there we're some errors in editing and comedy genre. Oh boy, this movie was painful tò watch, couldn't finish it
It was definitely difficult to watch! Thanks for checking it out.
Ezra or Ezzy👀 shouldve worked on his family, instead of trying to guilt-trip Akbar, cuz his mother was “progressive” cosplaying as much as he was.
LOL not Ezzy! OMG, he really needed to give that whole little speech to his mom. When they did those monologues to each parent at the end,I was like, this is misplaced anger. Go handle your own house!
It definitely was NOT what I expected for a movie with a cast that good. Glad it wasn’t a theater release.
(I don't know anything about anything but) Your editing and your setup and everything looks great! I feel like I could watch you make a video on anything and I'd enjoy it so I'm absolutely subscribing
wow, Natasha! Thank you so much for the compliment. I am so glad that you are ❤️
did they even hold hands?
I can't recall one time they did...maybe at their strange lunch date?
I was looking at reviews from this movie, and yours is spot on!
You seem very cultured and educated which is very rare these days but it's highly appreciated and even refreshing!,
great video and review!
Thank you so much for the compliment, Eon! I appreciate you leaving your comment and engaging with me.
I let this film off way more than I should have because I saw myself in Amira (my name is Amari and we look slightly similar) and my bf is a chubby white guy with a beard. That’s about as far as we are similarly because thankfully his parents love me and my parents love him. And nothing about these characters feel real
they really needed to talk to you, Amari! They could have used your real life experiences to actually ground this piece in something.
The editing is surprisingly good, let alone for a channel of your size. Minimalistic at times, yet kitschy at others.
Hehe! I appreciate the kind words. "Kitschy" is a word I'll need to add to my vocabulary.
It's honestly refreshing hearing someone say they're a follower of Jesus.
We love Jesus over here!
@@TiffanyByrdHarrison Yes!!!
I agree this movie had a lot of potential, but it never went beyond the surface. The relationships just weren’t there and the plot was all over the place.
First off, I loved this breakdown you gave because it’s very thoughtful provoking. I laughed at a couple scenes lol like hysterically hard (idk why but when Eddie Murphy said “so my grandma was picking cotton while your grandfather was picking feet” )but I agree they could of done better outside of the stereotypical portrayals. Lastly, I had hope in the chemistry bc lil Wayne is one of Lauren baby daddy lol Jonah Hill is cuter than him 🤣 but the chemistry was a bit awkward
@@lillybelle544 Thank you so much, Lilly! and @Ashley, girl, I laughed so hard at Ezra's dad singing Ordinary People to Amira 🤣 and you ain't wrong! Lauren and Jonah needed more time to spend together, because it was a whole mess. Thanks for weighing in, ladies.
“so my grandma was picking cotton while your grandfather was picking feet”. What does that mean?
@@AmandaFromWisconsin Ezra's (Jonah Hill's) granddad...was a podiatrist.
"...trying so hard for 'shock-value comedy' that it was just wack." - Troot.
🫣🫣🫣
100% agree with your commentary. I thought it was just me. People were raving about this movie and it did absolutely nothing for me 🤷🏽♀️
raving, ok?! and I was confused at first like maybe i’m weird for not liking it
I’m glad I found this channel. I appreciate your technical understanding and articulation of storytelling and filmmaking. A lot of times I walked away from a movie thinking I just didn’t like it. These types of reviews help me to understand why I didn’t. Brings it to a ground level without sounding like you’re dumbing it down. Nice work!
Thanks for the kind words, John! Its something I spend a lot of time thinking through, too, so I feel like I'm in good company with you.
REALLY enjoyed your perspective and insights into the film and conversation. Looking forward to hearing more from ya! #fortheculture
Ayyyee, thanks Chris! From a movie buff like you, I know that's high praise.
I have no patience for Jonah Hill and his anxiety ridden wealthy Hollywood family. They can only play frustrated, underdog sidekicks. No surprise he can't carry a rom com. I hated how in " This Is The End", they framed him as the sweetest guy. It seems like shining up his reputation.
I agree with your review. As an older person, I felt that the movie was also vulgar, offensive to both Blacks and whites and just not funny. Nothing like Guess who is coming to dinner or My big fat Greek wedding which showed the challenges of people from different backgrounds trying to understand each other with sensitivity, forgiveness, and humor.
Ms. Janet, as a younger person, I found the movie vulgar and offensive lol but I agree there wasn't the same heart as Guess Who is Coming or My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which I think are strong in this genre.
I’m 35, biracial and I hated the constant use of the N word in the movie. It’s disgusting and I felt it wasn’t true to the Eddie Murphy character
I've been binging this channel for 2 days 😂You described everything I felt about this movie so much potential and they wasted it🤦🏾♂
Thank you so much Deaunte! yeah...this movie was crazy.
I agree with what you said. Additionally, because representation matters, I had an issue with LL playing a black woman. And also, because when Jonah’s character was asked, “like a real, real black girl?!” The answer was yes. LL is visibly mixed and is not believable as the character or the daughter of Eddie and Nia’s characters. Hollywood needs to do better by making more roles for biracial people with showcasing interracial relationships as the origin of biracial characters and to stop casting biracial people as black. There’s too much talent in black actresses for this to be a recurring thing.
I definitely think it was a stretch with the casting and we hardly see her parents interact with her in the film at all. It was additionally strange because Eddies’s character discussed the lack of black features with his ethnically ambiguous children sitting right there. They tried to cover it with the writing by saying Nia had “a white grandaddy coming back to haunt” him but they easily could have given validity to LL’s existence with interracial parents.
@@TiffanyByrdHarrison absolutely! And Nia’s character being one quarter white should make her lighter than her daughter, since she’d only be an eighth white. Either way, there’s still a difference between lighter tones in black people and biracial people. I feel that Kenya understands racism but won’t let his anti-blackness in women go.
I’m not saying I disagree but I trust you keep that energy in every scenario that mixed people aren’t black
I appreciate that you recommended movies that are actually good, I wanted to like this movie so bad because I didn’t know of any other movies that tried to cover this topic lol
I agree, it had many opportunities to create conversation
I know!!! i really wish they’d dove deeper
This was one of those “pull names out of a hat randomly” type of movie. I found myself pausing it a ton to see how much time was left. That’s never a good sign. 🤦🏾♂️
...and, people wonder why i watch alot of throwback comedy & classic movies! The talent...all of it, from the writing...directing...acting...everything was much better, in the past. You only need 2 look at older movies, to see the difference now. Cinema, 2day...same as everything else...not what it used 2 be...
it's very true, Suga! There's a lot more heart in the classic comedies!
You broke down why this film didn't work so perfectly! I had to stop watching at the Roscoes scene! Every point you made was so on point! I hope you can make a better film! You'd do a great job! ♥
Thank you katie!! I hope I can too!
This is so good. Im an aspiring tv writer. Done a few fellowships and finally got a manager but this is such good content. Thank you for putting the time into making it.
thanks for being here! Screenwriters for the win!
coming to america is my personal fav but Life is a certified second
CAM is the best though!
Thank you . This movie was terrible.
18:00 This lol. Once they showed him dribble the ball, the illusion was gone. In the shot they kept, he damn near loses the ball. If that was the BEST take…😬 c’mon. They coulda did Jonah a solid and just have him shoot jumpers. His jumper was passable 😂
When Caresha got her wig snatched off at the bridal shower.. i screamed 😂😂😂. The Vegas scene was funny. The basketball scene was good too. Lol
I would have laughed, but I kinda saw the reaction by everyone as silly. Like come on, ya'll all thought she was horrible because your glue ain't laid LOL
It was hard for me to see Jonah Hill and Lauryln London as a couple. I never seen such lack of chemistry in my life.
Woof! agreed.
#fortheculture honestly Eddie has been in far too many classics to have a favorite for me. Even his family centered or more low hanging fruit films have too many quotable. Coming to America is an easy standout but Mulan, Golden Child and of the Beverly Hills Cop series go hard. This film didn't really do it for me but I think I can see why others enjoyed it. Great analysis and breakdown of it! Top tier stuff! 💪🏾
Coming to America and Golden Child are classics!! And you are so thorough with that Mulan reference. Thank you for watching, lover!
Thank you for this video! Love your insightful take!
Thanks for watching, Danielle!
Sister the afro is giviiiiiiiiiiing, I love seeing sisters rock the natural look
awww 🥰 thank you so much, Makayla!!!
To whoever made this movie, I just gotta say... if you're gonna make it like that, just write an essay.
LOL
1:07 lol. Head to big huh? My wife saw my baby photos and said "it's your adult head now on a baby!" So I get it....
I really had high hopes for this movie but oh man what a huge let down. A lot of racial topics were forced and felt uncomfortable to watch. I’m from nyc and grew up with all walks of life but the writers made it seem like we all hate each other and want to be with our own kind. Biggest flop was that the movie wasn’t funny at all
Lol I think I’ve seen more chemistry when I cook crack than between Jonah hill and Lauren London…
I see what you did there...#sciencejokes 😅
@@TiffanyByrdHarrison lol I try I try lol sophisticated ignorance lol
How cringy was the part where they tried comparing the holocaust to slavery?! Wtf??!!
yeah… that or the joking back-and-forth about pretending the ring he gave her was from his grandmother surviving the holocaust..that was rough 😔
@TiffanyByrdHarrison OH totally 😖!!! They definitely put this movie in the wrong category it definitely wasn't a comedy. It was honestly closer to horror or even suspence. I guess on the bright side it Cringy could be whole new category for movies. I would DEFINITELY put it there along with "Ingrid goes west" 🤣😅
Mushu, Donkey, Norbit and Buddy Love I think will forever be my fav Eddie characters!
A good chunk of LIFE was filmed in my home town growing up! It was along the Sacramento River and they had to shut off a strip of the levee while filming.
That's the coolest and biggest thing to come out of our town so we always brag about it 🤣
No way, Holly! were you an extra in the movie? It's my favorite thing, I might have to come visit you though lol I am obsessed with that film. Also, Mushu is the one my husband brought up that made me chuckle!
@Tiffany Byrd Harrison Girl I wish!! The scenes are when they're driving and you just see fields every which way, and the big draw bridge they crossed on the river was RIGHT next to a house I eventually moved into.
I always told my mom "We coulda met Eddie and Martin had we moved one year sooner" 😆
this movie felt awkward watching it not bc i’m black but it was just not funny like what is this what comedy’s come to
I agree, it was super awkward.
This movie is like the parents (A-list celebs) put down their phones and play with the kids, kid games; The game doesn’t make sense and you laugh a couple of times and you see just how much the kids don’t know.
Lol 😂 perfect analogy!
I love the amount of effort you put into this video, it came out great
Thank you so much! It means a lot.
Great review, thank you for this!
Thanks Josh! I'll be back in fall!
Thank you for this….I was feelin crazy watching other analysis videos. You put all my feelings I had while watching this movie into words. I just don’t understand how the producers watched the Final Cut and thought it was good, I’m genuinely confused. It’s so bad.
I think there is just the right amount of delusion in a room full of storytellers, that can greenlight anything if no one is willing to call it out. That's why we have to surround ourselves with more than just "yes people" when we make art.
it wanted to be good in the first 10 minutes and it was all downhill from there.
Trading Places is my favorite Eddie Murphy movie.
Boomerang/ harlem nights
I am OBSESSED with Boomerang. I have it nearly memorized word-for-word although, admittedly, I wasn't supposed to watch it when I did lol And HN will always be hilarious.
I'm excited for your channel to blow up
wow, thank you for the kind words, Jack!
I juuussttt saw the movie and felt like... I needed something further to help understand what happened to me during the movie.
One, it indeed felt forced. But it also connected to me on a personal degree, being in a multiethnic marriage. My wife is black and I'm white. So, it touched on a note, but it didn't connect with me as I was hoping for.
I didn't laugh at all through the movie, it felt more... Actors portraying insecurities about their relationship while having next to no connection to one another.
So, Thank you very much for this in-depth review! I've enjoyed what you had to say ❤️
"Actors portraying insecurities about their relationship with no connection" is a GREAT way to describe this. And I do hate that for you and your lovely wife because this could have been your story. Instead, it was whack! I will say, there are a few intercultural romance movies that I've enjoyed. Something New is cute, have you two seen it?
And thank you so much for watching, that means so much!
“Mmhmm” and that’s all we have to say about this movie.
I had to turn this off after 31 minutes because it was unbelievably unbelievable that I began to become incensed. Ezra and Amira went from yelling in an Uber to waking up in bed claiming, “we go together now,” like 2 scenes later? Then the cafe scene when Eddie entered….I knew that this needed to be turned down and turned off. That conversation dynamic was so awkward. I feel like they didn’t need to have him be SO audibly (insert aspects of his character)for us to believe those aspects of his character. Like the comments he made about how the curls of Africans are becoming “looser,” felt forced and unnatural . The fyp algorithm level of funny this movie has was disrespectful. They think it’s what you want to see, but it’s grabs you for a second (star studded cast) and then you just continue scrolling because once you actually pay attention you realize it lacks the depth you hoped it had. And, as you mentioned there was hardly any development and also the pace was “wham bam, thank you ma’am,” - which, sure, we know the attention span of today’s movie goer. However, I was not thankful for any parts. Lol.
Truthful and critical feedback is something I support and I think you made great points without being harsh. Great review because it is the truth! 🙃
thank you so much! And “fyp algorithm level of funny” is a hilarious comment, I immediately got what you meant by that. Maybe it would have done better if they had made a series of TikTok clips with each scene. I almost feel like that would have played well!
I fully agree with your commentary. This movie sucks, the couple had zero chemistry, the characters as individuals were interesting but they did not utilize their potential and made very strange interactions. Also as a black Sunni Muslim they have a very poor representation of true Islam and not only that it they didn’t tie up the story when it comes to the religious differences between the families 👎
Yeah, I can only imagine your frustration. it was so one-note and they not only did a poor representation of religion, they hardly did any at all. In real life, they would have broken up and not gotten back together because of the lack of respect for one another's families.
You nailed it... This bomb stole 2 hrs of our lives. You're funny, eloquent, insightful and spot on! You are quite the movie tactician.
My wife and I really enjoyed watching your video and we just subscribed!
thank you so much!!
Really liked how you broke down the film as separate elements and brought it all together! Also gotta say, my favorite Eddie Murphy movie is Coming to America! I always die laughing when the ex boyfriend gets the door slammed in his face.
Also as a fellow believer, nice hearing that perspective too ✝️
Fun fact, Aidan, my mama went on a date with that actor (the ex boyfriend's real name is Eriq La Salle in the 80s 😉) And welcome brother, we love Jesus over here. Glad you do, too!