Freedom

Big fan of the filmmaker's work! I saw 'Slamma Jamma' in the theater and began to follow all his work.

A passionate tale of determination and romance. Like with all of Chey's work, every single character is so layered and complex. He takes time and devotion to give each character a sufficient amount of intricacy that we truly feel like we know these people and when one of them feels pain, we do as well. When one of them is joyous (the ship scene, for instance) our faces light up with glee.

As always for a Chey work, the performances are absolutely brilliant. Cuba delivers some of the best work of the decade. And the actor who played Newton was brilliant. Simply through their eyes we can see all of the pain and emotion searing through them. The right actors were definitely cast in this one. We never hear them shout or break down into a ten minute fit of crying and throwing objects across the room, but we see all of their anguish and torture simply through their eyes and facial expressions. It's a beautifully subtle way of showing emotion and really helped make the film the brilliant masterpiece that it is. I highly doubt that any other cast could have pulled it off so seamlessly.

10 out of 10.