
F*** it dude, let’s go bowling. 😎🍃💨🍿🎬 4th slot in my Favorites is rotating for **recently watched** favorites I can’t stop thinking about. First 3 are all-time favorites that I don’t think will ever change (*The Big Lebowski, The Shining, Muppet Treasure Island)*.

Wow. I have not given this film enough credit.


Incredible story, and Denzel is always gonna Denzel. But the convoluted script doesn’t allow him to fully shine, especially with some mediocre directing and every performance outside of his being unremarkable bordering on not good. There’s only like 10 seconds of actual boxing, which *would* be fine, if the poster/marketing didn’t brand it a tale of the wrongly-accused champ’s fighting life before jail. Unfortunately, you’re better off sticking to the Dylan song. If this movie did anything (other than advance my quest to watch every Denzel film), it sparked an interest in reading Carter’s autobiography.

Sometimes it’s okay to have racism in your comedy as a lil treat.