11 September 2019: I love and support All Interracial Love stories. My all time favorites are "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" and "Something New". I found this movie on cable t.v by accident and I really liked it a lot. I rarely ever see a movie or not see a movie based on professional critics. That is just their paid opinion givers. I'd rather see a film for myself and then decide.
Also, I met the director Brian Baugh a few years ago at a special 168 cinema event where he was a guest speaker. Although I have never seen the two leads in any other films or television shows, I thought they both did a good acting job.
For a film of the subject matter made in 2019, I think this movie is a bit antiquated to show a scene that would have taken place in the 1960's or 1970's, a Caucasian {White} store clerk following an African American {Black} around the store unless he came in the store looking like a vagrant or thief. There wasn't anything about this young man played by actor Caleb Castille would indicate that he is going to shoplift. The same for the restaurant scene where people are staring at them as if they were aliens. However, prejudice comes in all races. If he would have taken his cute White girlfriend to an all Black area, store or restaurant in the south, African American people would have been staring at him and her with the same disdane, contempt or scorn.
I like the first shared kiss between actress/screenwriter, Rose Reid who makes the first move on Caleb, very tastefully done. It shows that she is clearly interested in him and he did not overstep his bounds with her. I also like Rose character. She is Not materialistic when they make plans for their first date. Rose wrote the story for this film and she deserves an A.
On the down side, although it represents real life, this Interracial love plot has been done to death with the Black man, White woman story line. It would be nice to see such Interracial Love stories like films: "Something New" or "The Lovings" where the woman is Black and the man is White or an Interracial Love story between an African American and an Asian or Hispanic or Israeli Jewish or Arab and the woman can be African American and the man be another race for a change. In closing, God (Adonai, Elohim) and Jesus (Yeshua) does Not see skin color, God only sees the heart and mind.
Also, I met the director Brian Baugh a few years ago at a special 168 cinema event where he was a guest speaker. Although I have never seen the two leads in any other films or television shows, I thought they both did a good acting job.
For a film of the subject matter made in 2019, I think this movie is a bit antiquated to show a scene that would have taken place in the 1960's or 1970's, a Caucasian {White} store clerk following an African American {Black} around the store unless he came in the store looking like a vagrant or thief. There wasn't anything about this young man played by actor Caleb Castille would indicate that he is going to shoplift. The same for the restaurant scene where people are staring at them as if they were aliens. However, prejudice comes in all races. If he would have taken his cute White girlfriend to an all Black area, store or restaurant in the south, African American people would have been staring at him and her with the same disdane, contempt or scorn.
I like the first shared kiss between actress/screenwriter, Rose Reid who makes the first move on Caleb, very tastefully done. It shows that she is clearly interested in him and he did not overstep his bounds with her. I also like Rose character. She is Not materialistic when they make plans for their first date. Rose wrote the story for this film and she deserves an A.
On the down side, although it represents real life, this Interracial love plot has been done to death with the Black man, White woman story line. It would be nice to see such Interracial Love stories like films: "Something New" or "The Lovings" where the woman is Black and the man is White or an Interracial Love story between an African American and an Asian or Hispanic or Israeli Jewish or Arab and the woman can be African American and the man be another race for a change. In closing, God (Adonai, Elohim) and Jesus (Yeshua) does Not see skin color, God only sees the heart and mind.