Instant Favorite.

hyped garbage

The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy.

The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

I found myself thinking that this film felt less than realistic (because it was a farce) or less than current (because it borrowed so heavily from Spike Lee's 90s joints). But then the credits roll and you remember: we're still here...we're still having this conversation about our identities and ourselves. There's nothing post-racial about 2015, and this film prods and pokes and laughs and jokes until we get that. It's not realistic, but it is real.

Writing this again on this page, so more people are aware of what is happening in this movie&it's series: Disgusting, vile, and racist. The world is so upside down. We are taught to be accepting, kind, and never judge others because of the color of their skin. Unfortunately, All over America, it is ACCEPTABLE to be A RACIST,IGNORANT member of Society because of the color of your skin. The Privileged few who feel the need to spread hatred and discrimination wherever they go and are free to do so because it is Socially acceptable due to our history.This is a prime example. God forbid if a White person did this to a Black person or an Asian person, etc. There would be NO chance this would be allowed to be a show or shown on TV. Instead, because they aren't white, they are given a Pass to behave in this manner. Disgusting. Is this is what we are teaching our kids? America,STAND UP AND STOP THE RACISM AGAINST ALL. NO ONE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BEHAVE THIS WAY. NO ONE SHOULD GET A PASS TO BE RACIST. ENOUGH OF ALLOWING THIS TO FLOURISH! If this was a "DEAR BLACK PEOPLE" movie and white's behaved in this manner, I'm sure all you positive reviewers would NOT BE HAPPY OR SUPPORTING IT- UNDERSTANDABLY.TAKE A MINUTE&REFLECT ON WHAT YOUR MORALS&VALUES ARE,IF YOU THINK THIS IS ACCEPTABLE!

There's not much to say, honestly, the stereotypes, the racism, the bigotry, all run rampant. There's a line where satire crosses into racism, and this film crosses that line to the point of uncomfortable spitefulness. I understand why the film was done and what the overlying plot of the film is. The director here is aiming for us to feel sorry for black culture as well as to understand the plight of what the race is going through, but the director fails to realize the most important things, there are no reputable characters in this whole wobbled premise, and everyone within the film, minus the writer, is someone you can actually care for. This film, putting it lightly, is positively excrement in it's purest form. Taking a shot at our institutions of higher learning and labeling it as "satire" is both irresponsible and negligent, and if people honestly believe in what this director has put on screen, with a series to follow on Netflix, full of the same plot lines, it's no wonder why there are so many riots and protests. The public will buy into anything if you put enough hate into it.

I was not sure how I felt about this film until gave it more thought after viewing it. I was thrown a bit because James was not really the star. I thought he might play the Greek chorus role, narrating and summarizing what was happening as the movie progressed. While Lionel had some impact toward the end, it seemed that he was just another student whose experiences came to the forefront on occasion in the midst of other events. His actions at the party seemed tacked on rather than a depiction of actual anger. He seemed too detached up to that event to care that much. The scene that struck me the most was when Dean Fairbanks (Dennis Haysbert-"The Unit") lectured his son. It was what he didn't say that was important. He told his son, in subtle terms, that hanging out and acting like the white frat boys would sink his ambitions. If Spike has written this speech, I believe he would have been more explicit. I believe Mr. Lee would have said, in no uncertain terms, that those "white boys" had their futures set for them as long as they didn't blow it completely. The path to the executive suite, law firm partnership or high political office was already theirs as long as they followed the tried and true path set for them by their parents. College was a just a step along the way. Graduation (not high grades) is all that is needed. He didn't tell him explicitly that these same people would be the ones leaking information about his past if he ever came in competition with them. Their families and friends could protect them; his could not. He would have told him that he was mistaken to believe that he was equal by merely attending the same school. That soliloquy and what it suggested comprised some of the movies' best lines.The party scene, offensive enough on its own, took on new meaning during the credits, which reported that parties like this one were occurring today at the nation's college campuses. A sad indictment that informs us the notion of racial equality is still a pipe dream in the US of A, generations from fruition. The children have, unfortunately, been "taught well."