Acting was excellent, and I love Viola Davis. Didn't know until I did some post-movie googling that I found out it's based on an old TV show. I went in totally because of the director Steve McQueen and Davis.
Race as an issue was ever present but wasn't voiced until the latter half of the movie, especially with McQueen's choice to cast a black actress as the main character. I remember from some interview that McQueen deliberately chose a love scene as the beginning, one with an interracial couple no less.
And I really feel for Davis' character, too, to find out that their marriage ultimately meant nothing to her white husband, whom she loved till the very end. I couldn't say I enjoyed the film per se, but I do think it's an excellent movie that's worth watching.
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