The Inspection

2022
R
1h 35m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

5.4K

YOUR RATING

A young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside.

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A young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside.A young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside.A young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

5.4K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 12 wins & 31 nominations

Trivia
Filmed over a period of 19 days in Jackson, Mississippi, in 117 degrees Summer temperatures.

Goofs
The Senior Drill Instructor would not in any way be involved in swim training, and certainly wouldn't be able to attempt to drown a recruit and get away with it. Swim personnel typically are Navy instructors and also have a Corpsman on duty. Trying to drown a recruit in the pool would therefore be seen by a lot of people are reported immediately.

Quotes
Ellis French: Sir, this recruit does not know how *not* to piss you off, sir.

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7/10

A workman-like view of Marine boot camp for a gay participant

Kicked out of home at age 16 by his single mother, likely because she found out he was gay, a black man eventually decided to turn his life around by joining the Marines, during the time of the Afghanistan War. This is mostly a docudrama about his time in boot camp. While he answered "no" to the question of "Are you a homosexual", shouted at all recruits early on (plus others like "Have you smoked marijuana, etc.), presumably his physical reaction to being in a shared-shower situation gave away his secret. In his continuing journey, he has both detractors and allies.

Given that this film is heavily biographical, despite the usual disclaimers, I wonder how the director will fare in a narrative that does not come from his own experiences.