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what's going on to all my movie fans out there and welcome back to the channel we are back reviewing
the new Netflix comedy by the name of you people coming to Netflix on Friday now this film has a
pretty dope cast and it has some pretty iconic comedians starting it but does that mean it's
funny and should you be giving it a watch we'll be answering that question and so much more in
today's review but before we get into it let's start the conversation in the comments below let
me know if you all were looking forward to checking this out and of course once you've
seen the film what'd you think about it will you entertain did you have a good laugh or when you're
bored out of your mind and since we have the likes of Eddie Murphy Jonah Hill Julie Luis Dreyfus why
don't you go ahead and name some of your favorite films that they starred in let's have some fun in
the comments section and of course if you all enjoy my review make sure you're hitting that
thumbs up as well as sharing it but with all that being said let's talk about it I'm a pretty simple
dude when it comes to genre movies I'm watching the action once I entertain I'm watching a horror
film was I scared when I'm watching The Comedy did I laugh and to answer that question yeah
I laughed so you should watch it just based on that but no in all seriousness I did have a good
time watching this movie I went from smiling at points to chuckling at points and that involved
for me laughing and having these gut punching laughs to the point that I was tearing up I'm
one of those laughers where if you can get a good laugh out of me your boy gets teary added and I
had a couple of those moments in this film and I think that's really all due to the fact that we
have some true comedic Legends starring this movie we got Eddie Murphy who I consider to be one of
the goats and comedies we have him reuniting with a former SNL Legend in her own right with Julia
Louise Dreyfus and you even have Jonah Hill who's been in some of my favorite comedies in the 2000s
one of them being my all-time favorite and super bad and that's just to name a few this film has
some comedic Legends cameo in this movie which I won't give away here but even looking at you know
Nia Long had some funny moments David Duchovny so the cast really I had a good time with them
but let's kind of break down the film and these perform is as we follow this movie with Jonah
Hill's character and London Lawrence character who find themselves connecting over a shared love of
street wear and music they eventually fall in love but the relationship is tested by their respective
families and that's where Eddie Murphy comes into play who I thought was great in this movie
he's somewhat this overprotective dad over London Lauren and then you have Julia who's the mother of
Jonah who thinks she's Progressive and semi-woke and I honestly thought that both of the parents
and Julian Eddie they stole the film when it comes to the comedic beats they had the funniest moments
for me in this film but individually speaking in their performances I really thought they brought
it I thought that They Carried some of the more emotional moments in the film and I bought them
as the parents and to me from beginning to the end they had the most character development so I
really enjoyed them but that doesn't take anything away from Jonah Hill who plays a character who
somewhat lost in life and doesn't have all the answers he he doesn't want to fit in this
stereotypical box and that's where he meets Lauren London who's also have these kind of expectations
for her parents of dating a black guy and whatnot so individually as well as just collectively
speaking from the performances I thought they were good across the board but also wanted to
mention the film does attempt to be more than just a rom-com and just jokes throughout the movie it
does hit on themes such as parental expectations interracial relationships cultural appropriation
as well as cultural differences and identifying issues like microaggressions and trying to overly
be inclusive I thought that some of those themes were a little bit more fleshed out than others
and sometimes the film is very heavy-handed and tackling those themes but I also can say
I definitely believe that this is a more Universal film for everyone to watch whether it's relating
to how parents place these heavy expectations on their children or being involved in their
children's dating lives or even from a parent's perspective there's parents out there that believe
they're doing the best for their children and try to really Implement themselves in their lives and
not having this particular expectations being in your 30s this film tackles and I'll just be
honest from a personal standpoint I relate to this film because I was in a interrelational
interracial relationship for a while so there's definitely things that I connected to and I think
everyone can watch this film and find some moments that you can relate to as well but let's get into
some of my criticism here first and foremost I am believer that films run time it should be however
long you need to tell a story but I'm gonna kind of contradict myself because I do think in certain
genres comedy being one of them to me comedies are like perfectly suited to be like an hour and
a half right or hour 40 at Max this film's almost two hours long and I think that's a little bit too
long for my personal taste I definitely believe that there is 20 25 minutes that could have been
cut from this film but that's kind of a minor thing let's dive a little bit deep into my real
issues that I have of this movie starting off with the director here Kenya Barris who I enjoy his
work on TV and this is his director debut and I'll be honest with you I prefer his TV work more than
I do his writing sensibilities and him directing films and again this is his first time out it's
a little bit rough around the edges let me give you y'all some examples here I found this film
to feel more almost kind of like I was watching a TV show it even looked like that in points like
there are certain ways they frame shots they use the lighting even the way they transition
from seeing the scene it really felt like I was watching an episode of Blackish yet points like
it didn't feel like I was watching the movie which kind of touches on his directorial type
of style and sensibilities as well as I wasn't a fan of how this film felt like I was watching a
music video especially within the first 15 to 20 minutes and kind of going back to his Direction I
felt the scenes ran a bit too long when it came to it feeling choppy and in the pacing was a little
bit off and when it comes to directing Comedians and I'm not a director but I'm see my fair share
of comedies there's this balance right between the director allowing people like Eddie Murphy Jonah
Hill and other comedic Legends film let them be them right let them be funny naturally but then
there's also that balance of okay we're shooting a movie and we're not doing a stand-up special I
feel like Kenya really didn't find that balance where sometimes and I love Eddie but sometimes
he went on a little bit too long I feel like it was like a stand-up special at points and he just
didn't know when to cut the scene and make it flow naturally and there's also a lot of times
where they really wring out the jokes and it ran a little bit too long so I really think that boils
down to King and not really having that grip on being you know a director in this time will come
he's going to get better at it but you can tell that he's a rookie at this which also he had his
hand in the writing also it was co-written by Jonah Hill and I found the script to be a
little a little dry as well as very stereotypical and very predictable so there's some issues that
I had there but last little things I want to mention I did feel like the film was definitely
heavy-handed when it came to tackling themes like racism at points and last thing I want to
say when it comes to this relationship with Jonah Hill and London Lauren I thought that
they played well as like really good friends I didn't buy their relationship I found like
their chemistry was really not there and I can't think of a rom-com like this where the
characters hugged more times than they kissed so from a chemistry standpoint I just never really
bought into the relationship but those are my main Pros those are my main cons before I give
you all my score and let you know if it's worth checking out if you stuck around to this point
in the video I appreciate you just remind us to like share comment subscribe overall at the end
of the day like I mentioned the goal is to make me laugh and the film did that for the most part
may not have been as frequently as consistent as I would have liked it especially with some of these
comedic Legends but again it kept me laughing for duration of the film and the film does have
some good messages at points and even though it's predictable and kind of over preaching yeah points
after my watching I was kind of like at a two and a half 2.8 but the more I thought about it I had
more fun with this film than than I originally thought based on the trailer so with that said
I'm Gonna Give You people a three out of five and hey it's coming out this Friday I recommend you
all give it a watch and when you do let me know your thoughts on it Pros cons did you laugh did
you not laugh let's talk about in the comments below you all have been awesome I appreciate
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