Written by Oscar-winningMoonlightscreenwriter Tarell Alvin McCraney, the new film feels stagey, confusing, and didactically obvious.
1 draft pick named Erick Scott (played by Melvin Gregg).
This exploitative plantation mentality in pro sports is a point worth making, no doubt.
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But like so much in the film, it lands in the most heavy-handed of ways.
But that story is as old as time.
Or at least as old as professional sports itself.
His style may be new, but the message is too familiar.C+
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