Spidersecu Don't Believe the Hype

Inadvands Boring, over-political, tech fuzed mess

Spoonatects Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Tayloriona Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

adonis98-743-186503 Collin must make it through his final three days of probation for a chance at a new beginning. He and his troublemaking childhood best friend, Miles, work as movers and are forced to watch their old neighborhood become a trendy spot in the rapidly gentrifying Bay Area, the two men struggle to maintain their friendship as the changing social landscape exposes their differences. Blindspotting is another dramedy that unfortunately did not work for me. Plus neither of the perfomances or the humor and drama were quite effective. (0/10)

thebricks Daveed and his friend were incredibly annoying. The friend was a complete caricature. Daveed didn't strike me as someone who would last a day in prison. I'm sorry. I quit watching this movie early on, it was just that bad. One of the worst movies I'd ever seen, as bad as that Disaster Artist wreck, the one with James Franco, obviously. Pass!

Omar305baby Wow.. this film is so relatable. Well worth a watch.. thumbs up. Very deep indeed.

jdesando Collin (Daveed Diggs) faces the last three days of his probation and his turbulent relationship with his volatile buddy, Miles (Rafael Casal). In Blindspotting (a term use to describe one's being ignorant of stereotypes), everyone is in transition, beginning with Collin and ending with the city of Oakland, which must deal with the dynamics of gentrification while it continues struggling with racism on almost every front.More like Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing and less like Ryan Coogler's Fruitvale Station, this exciting comedy/drama catches the cultural complexity of a dynamic urban setting without despairing over the constant economic and racial setbacks. That the buddies are white and black and regularly reviewing their racial makeup (watch them dash around the use of "nigger") adds a figurative layer debut director Carlos Lopez Estrada handles deftly and almost unobtrusively.As Collin avoids being associated with a gun in his last probation days so Miles buys one for protection, leading to challenges with their friendship and the Oakland Police Department. The dramatic tension parallels the tense transition of neighborhoods as they gentrify and lead the players to question their own and their neighborhoods' identity. Both young men are movers of furniture and the like during the day, linking them to the central change motif. As the film exploits Diggs's facility with hip-hop, it is able to catch the poetic nature of the changes while forging a relationship with reality.Thus the art and the reality intersect in a far more elegant process than might be expected. It sings in hip-hop about diversity, while it deals with the reality of a white cop murdering a black 26 year old. For a time as tumultuous as ours, Blindspotting is more powerful about change than all the editorials in the finest liberal tomes of our times.