Piano de Família

Decent August Wilson adaptation and feature directing debut of Malcolm Washington who shows off skill and an interesting style.

The film was sometimes a bit distracting due to the unlikable protagonist played by another Washington, John David Washington, who acts well but I just couldn't get hold of his character . It's a theatre play turned into a film that still feels like a theater play. I like those but I know many people don't like stagey films.

Almost taking place on only one central set it's quite intriguing at times and makes you feel to be in the middle of it all.

Other notable performances came from Samuel L. Jackson who is rather subtle here. He had huge Oscar buzz before the film was seen, that slowed down now. I guess because it appears to be not special. And maybe they are right . It's not special or award worthy but it was good. Jackson nailed it and did what he was supposed to do. Many praised Ray Fisher but for me he wasn't anything special and I didn't buy his performance from time to time.

The true MVP is Danielle Deadwyler who is absolutely fantastic. A role that could have easily been overacted but she hit all the right tones and goes under your skin. Great work for which she hopefully finally gets an overdue Oscar nomination which she already missed for Till.