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Contrary to all the middling reviews and odd unhelpful votes for any of the positive reviews, this a great adaptation of August Wilson's play. From a cinematic standpoint, it's better than a previous version. Stellar acting, but the 1995 version looks dated, even for a historical piece. What film were directors using in the 80 & 90s?!

In this newer offering, the director's approach is spot on. Even though it's set in Pittsburgh, this is a southern Gothic and he treated it as such with a darker tone. This helped the film from spiralling into silliness when the characters encounter the supernatural...looking at you Deliverance... hard.

Unlike other reviews, this film doesn't feel like a play. Instead of wide shots, and bright lighting, which the master of adapted plays Elia Kazan favored, the cinematography is dark, tight and grows tighter as the film progresses This gives it a claustrophobic feeling, and heightens the tension as the family is confronted with legacy, past transgressions and haints.

Accolades to the cast, who ate up this script. Kudos to the lesser known names, who stepped up, allowing Samuel L. Jackson to step back and be a part of a really strong ensemble.

Anyhoo, I've watched both adaptions, now I'm off to read the play.

This was marketed as a zombie movie. Says it in the blurb. However what we get are five scenes with zombies, and the rest was along the lines of the Shining/Filipino soap opera. This would've been okay if the movie had a fast pace or more life and death struggles. No, it dragged on for what seemed like forever, so it took me several days for me to finish.

Maybe there were things missing in translation. There were a couple of relevations or twists that fell flat. I also didn't like any of the adults, so I didn't have anyone to root for besides the two boys and the stray dog.

Too bad the awful script was wasted on great actors and the audience who had to suffer through this.

This is a soap, and not a good one. The plot is thin, there are no likable characters, and the romance is flat.

First off, the writers attempt to be clever by drumming up questionable scenarios/actions to cast doubt on the hero. All it did was make him look suspect and not worthy of the heroine. And made the heroine look stupid and thirsty.

Second, there are no likable characters, well maybe the hero, who is undoubtedly shady but falls for his mark. The heroine is so up and down there is no way in real life a man in his right mind would put up with her violent outbursts, fueled by low self esteem, then crawling back for forgiveness.

Why did they fall in love again?

Third, there isn't any romance. There's tons of steam but we really don't get to see why they fell in love. It's just an annoying loop of them in bed, her kicking him out, followed by her groveling for him to come back.

Does he like youthfulness? Does he admire her for her business acumen?

Does he like it when she cooks for him? Does she like his ability to live in the moment? Does she love the fact he wants to spend time with her?

We don't know because we don't see any of that.