I was disappointed by the end of this movie. I'd never heard of Petey Greene but the little core info I got from reading between the cartoon lines of this movie leads me to believe he was an important figure with a sizable contribution to his community. For some reason they chose to tell this story in over dramatized cartoon style, all it was missing was the laugh track to tell us when the jokes were.
So many scenes reeked of "enhanced for movie" to the point of disbelief. If you know anything about how a radio station works then you'll know the whole part about how he gets his first and second chances on air are completely dreamed up for dramatic effect.
They never demonstrated why he was a good voice for the people or why he resonated so well with them. obviously it wasn't just because he could talk sh!t. Missing that background it became hard to care about this person who was obviously an important person in Washington's history and really just undermined Petey Greene's story, making this movie read like another cliché black guy from the projects makes good movie instead of the interesting and multi layered real story it pretends to tell.
This movie was entertaining enough but it didn't do Petey or his story justice in the slightest. You could say "well what do you expect from Hollywood", but we live in hope that Hollywood will respect the intelligence of its audience and let an interesting story tell itself without having to polish it and paint it in cliché primary colors. What a waste.
So many scenes reeked of "enhanced for movie" to the point of disbelief. If you know anything about how a radio station works then you'll know the whole part about how he gets his first and second chances on air are completely dreamed up for dramatic effect.
They never demonstrated why he was a good voice for the people or why he resonated so well with them. obviously it wasn't just because he could talk sh!t. Missing that background it became hard to care about this person who was obviously an important person in Washington's history and really just undermined Petey Greene's story, making this movie read like another cliché black guy from the projects makes good movie instead of the interesting and multi layered real story it pretends to tell.
This movie was entertaining enough but it didn't do Petey or his story justice in the slightest. You could say "well what do you expect from Hollywood", but we live in hope that Hollywood will respect the intelligence of its audience and let an interesting story tell itself without having to polish it and paint it in cliché primary colors. What a waste.