His background is more complicated than her perfect-daughter one, but he is determined to win her over. Barack looks perfectly presentable but he puts out his cigarette before walking to Michelle’s parents’ door to pick her up. It says something about her careful character that she notices this but says nothing. Her perfect outfit contrasts visually with the car that Barack picks her up in, a rundown clunker with a hole in the floor, through which she can see the roadway. Michelle is careful to always be neatly dressed, takes pride in her straight-A school record and generally is everything her working-class, hard-working parents could dream of in a daughter. These two people seem to have little in common. Michelle insists it is not a date, and Barack reluctantly agrees to that, or at least until she is willing to call it a date. The story follows the pair from when they are getting ready, and through the day visiting the Chicago Museum of Art, a community organizing meeting, going to see Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing,” and finally a stop at an ice cream shop. ![]() Sumpter looks a bit more like the really First Lady than Sawyers does President Obama but both do a good job of capturing their cadence of speech and little gestures. Tika Sumpter plays Michelle Robinson and Parker Sawyers plays Barack Obama. Yet with President Obama’s popularity running high in his last year in office, it seems safe to say that there will be an audience for this sentimental, gentle, thoughtful film. Obviously, this is not a film for anyone who dislikes President Obama. It isn’t really, beyond reflecting the Obamas’ own values and basically the fact that Barack Obama is our first black president. For that reason, there will be people who want to see it as political. It is the kind of film one is more likely to see about a president long gone, much less still in office. Still, there is something a bit odd about seeing this kind of film about a sitting president. This is a modest little low-budget film but one with an endearing heart. ![]() It is a sweet, romantic little film with a touch of biography mixed in. The story takes place in Chicago in 1989, when she was a junior lawyer in a respected law firm and he was a summer intern from Harvard. SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU is about the day-long first date of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |