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Both Sides of Forgiveness, 1 mars 2008

Auteur : gradyharp de Etats-Unis

POOR BOY'S GAME is a little film with a big message: hate can only be altered with forgiveness, remorse and redemption. The highly respected Jamaican director Clément Virgo (episodes on 'The Wire', 'The L Word', 'Soul Food', and films 'Love Comes Down', 'Lie With Me', etc) here takes on the tough subject of racism and the accompanying backlash of consequences and with co-writer Chaz Thorne produces a small but pungent film that touches many aspects of the schism between whites and blacks in the seemingly tranquil town of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Isolating the story in such an unlikely place serves to heighten the core problems the film addresses.

Donnie Rose (Rossif Sutherland) is released from prison, having served nine years for the brutal beating of Charles Carvery (K.C. Collins) which left the victim severely brain damaged. Upon release Donnie returns to his old neighborhood to live with his mother and find work as a security guard in a bar. Largely due to the bad influence of Donnie's belligerent and bigoted brother Keith (Greg Bryk), Donnie has to struggle with his family situation, trying to avoid the pain and guilt of his past while coping with his own dark secrets. His victim's father George (Danny Glover) stalks Donnie with the intent of killing him for the damage he has inflicted on both only his son and wife (Tonya Lee Williams), but the racial tension he encounters magnifies the underlying tragedy of the past - a factor both Donnie and George must face. Violence between the blacks and whites erupts and the resolution is to be decided in a boxing match between the superior boxer Ossie Paris (Flex Alexander) and Donnie. After a touching encounter following a tragedy, George and Donnie bond and George trains Donnie for the fight, the first sign of erasing racial tension. How the crucial fight preparations proceed and how the fight results from the resolution of the critical conflict that has eroded the town and these people forms the surprising closure of this story.

The cast is strong with the quiet lead from Danny Glover and the smoldering, conflicted Donnie by Rossif Sutherland, the fine young Canadian actor whose father is Donald Sutherland and whose half brother is Kiefer Sutherland. The film very quietly explores other conflicts, such as Donnie's sexual and emotional life with his black cell mate in prison, adding to the exploration of human behaviors that influence interpersonal schisms and barriers. This may be a low budget movie but it is a solid work well worth viewing. Grady Harp

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a fascinating, moving movie with real characters, 15 février 2008

Auteur : gonetotvheaven de Etats-Unis

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***spoiler alert*** it struck me as i watched the final showdown fight scene that i didn't know what was going to happen in the fight, i didn't know what any of the characters (except ossie) really wanted to happen, and i didn't feel that any of it made a huge difference in what i thought of this film.

so much happens in the body of the film, real characters with often uncertain personal motivations (thankfully a movie w/out bland expositionary dialogue or voice-over--i mean, when my girlfriend and i have a conflict, it's not like i have a voice-over guide to what's happening. i'm just in it, and have to figure it out on my own), and the resolution is very real also--no explosions, no shootouts, no grand speeches, no great epiphanies of startling brilliance--omigod! it's almost just like real life.

this is a movie that takes on race, class, sexuality, anger, fear, pride, remorse, and does it all with great acting, great script, and great directing. well worth the price of admission for those tired of the bs canned movies that Hollywood likes to try and feed us.

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Very good drama about forgiveness and redemption, 20 février 2008

Auteur : sttaresss de Etats-Unis

After seeing this film at the Pan African Film Festival, I was struck not just by the importance of its message but the universal appeal of the film as a whole. This is a story that truly crosses racial boundaries. Danny Glover is excellent as usual, but the entire cast is talented, and the lead actor, Rossif Sutherland, is definitely one to watch. The story begins with a vicious attack by an almost unreedemable lead character. His journey through the prison system to the boxing ring forces him to confront his inner demons, and to ask forgiveness from those he has harmed. Definitely worth seeing at a film festival or anywhere you can find it!

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A work of art, 23 décembre 2007

Auteur : Josh Kaplan

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This movie is the best I've seen for a long time. It is one of those rare movies where the technical details are so good that they are transparent to the viewer and the acting and directing is so good it gives you a chill down your spine.

*** the following might contain spoilers *** ( I have added the spoiler warning just to be safe but I don't really think it can be spoiled)

The moto of the movie is confusion and lack of borders, morally and psychologically, and it is expressed in a brilliant way in a lot of different levels : the hero who has to reconcile his homosexual behaviour in jail with his heterosexual identity outside it, the tense relationship between the black and white communities which come to a climax in the neighbourhood's club, the relationship of the hero to his absent father as opposed to the (black) father who adopts him, the relationship of the hero with his mother - a few times he has to listen to her having sex with her boyfreind which is a very strong way of portraying the collapse of his psychological borders, and most of all the confusion that is created when the father of the kid that the hero tried to murder adopts him(!) and trains him to a boxing fight so he will not die, even this fight does not come to any conclusion and is just blurred away with no winners or losers.

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It seems that in one short story, the movie succeeds in portraying a wide variety of complexities of life in a way which is not righteous or preaching. This is a beautiful and intelligent movie, I hope it will get the appropriate credit it deserves.

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I was impressed, 22 août 2008

Auteur : rgcustomer de Canada

I haven't had much good to say about films shot in Canada recently, but this is the exception. I hope race relations in Nova Scotia aren't this bad, but the film made me believe each of the characters were real. They all had a depth to them, and as others have mentioned, were all acted very well. It's true that some of this territory has been covered before, but I think it's safe to say nobody saw this particular ending coming quite the way it happened. My last comment is about the boxing scene, which I felt was unique in conveying the impacts of some of the blows. Other recent boxing movies have not had the same effect, for me. I look forward to more films of this calibre.

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My Review, 5 août 2008

Auteur : joemamaohio de Etats-Unis

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Young Donnie Rose (Rossif Sutherland) spent 10 years in jail for brutally attacking Charles Carvery (K.C. Collins), an African American.

Now up on parole, Charlies' father, George (Danny Glover) doesn't want Donnie released, but he's freed from prison after serving 10 years.

Now back in his hometown, Donnie is hit head-on with a life that continued while he was gone. His brother Keith (Greg Bryk) has married and has a kid, but is still a womanizer. His mother is now with a different guy, and Mr. Carvery is seething with revenge.

Donnie wants to make things right, so he agrees to fight a boxer named Ossie (Flex Alexander) - who was one of Charles' good friends. Ossie wants revenge and vows to destroy Donnie, and at first Mr. Carvery is all for it, but he slowly begins to realize what revenge and hatred does to you, and in a stunning move he begins to help Donnie practice for the big fight.

"Poor Boy's Game" is more than just merely a boxing movie. It tackles the important issue of racism in the world, as the city Donnie's in is completely against African Americans (they won't let them in the club, and they even burnt down their church). It's also a story of revenge and retribution, and how revenge really never makes you feel good. A very thought-provoking, emotional film with terrific actors, and I highly recommend seeing it.

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great film, 18 décembre 2007

Auteur : djpencil123 de Royaume-Uni

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i just watched this movie , and have to say its gripping stuff , very moody and dark at times , the actors in this movie are outstanding , Danny glovers performance really stole the show for me , i never really rated Danny glover before as most of the movies he has done really didn't stand out as being great performances , but in this movie he shows real emotion , the lead role that rossif Sutherland portrays is also of note, the film really moved me , i really enjoyed it, the only downside for me really came at the end of the film when Charles enters the ring and the fight stops , i found that cheesy but it didn't ruin the film at all , plus what was Corey from trailer park boys doing in the film playing a bouncer !! in the words of bubbles hes got gangly alien arms , he must of been wearing some padding for it !!

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Up there with THERE WILL BE BLOOD, 13 mars 2008

Auteur : Linda Saetre (SaetreFilm) de NEW YORK

This is the film Clint Eastwood wishes he could have directed. I just saw Poor Boy's Game at MoMa (March 13) and I am appalled that it is not getting a theatrical release in the US, but going straight to DVD. There is a huge market for this film in America. Clement Virgo is a brilliant director. The drama is clever, suspenseful and both Glover and Sutherland are Oscar contenders! The young Ross Sutherland holds his own against the always-amazing Glover, and some of the most epic movie moments of 2007 is when they have their "talk" overlooking the ocean towards the end of the film. The movie has everything (crime, suspense, sex, redemption, class and race conflict, romance, boxing) without becoming predictable and the final 20 minutes are so worth it! Not the mention the music by Byron Wong. Just amazing. LINDA SAETRE

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Great Movie!!!!, 17 décembre 2007

Auteur : swabbab88 de Royaume-Uni

When i starting watching this movie i expected very little so i didn't have my hopes. I was so wrong!!! This movie is really good. It tackles a lot of issues has a really good storyline and is very touching.

It's the sort of film that you watch and think anything is possible and you really should judge people. If you haven't seen this movie you really should. I'm not going to say it's the best movie in the world but is it worth watching YES!!

The plot is really good and the acting is also really good. From the time the movie started i was hooked. I wanted to know what had happened and how it was going to end. I can't compare it to any other movie because it's like no other movie i've seen. The start has a touch of American History X i guess you could say.

I give this movie 8 out of 10

Worth watching!!

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The straight story on Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 26 avril 2009

Auteur : charlytully de Rosebush

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There's a 90 per cent chance that a movie filmed in Canada will pretend that it is taking place in the U.S., as a crass attempt to garner more box office or rental bucks. If there are black people in the film, the odds of this sort of cultural counterfeiting goes up to 95 per cent. Therefore, I gave POOR BOYS GAME a rating bonus point for honesty, as it was set where (except for the Hamilton, ON, Canada sound stage scenes) it was actually filmed. Its portrayal of poor white racist Canadians, racial brawls, and chip-on-the-shoulder minorities was very convincing, and the DVD "bonus" musical video "Africville" (performed by Black Union) about the 121-year-old Campbell Road\Seaview black section of Halifax, including the United Baptist Church, which was bull-dozed by Canadian rough riders in the middle of the night in 1969 is a rap lament which ranks up there with anything by Woody Guthrie or Joan Baez as far as protest songs go.

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