This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

I can see why Spike Lee keeps succeeding in the face of so much critical negativity. This movie may not reflect your life, your upbringing or circumstances, it does however reflect an otherwise hidden existence that Spike Lee brought to life. Well done. Worth watching.

The acting was horrible. Worse mother of the year your how you going to dump you only child off with your father without telling him his father just died. Oh and by the way this is their FIRST meeting. What the hell is that? I cannot imagine even an engaged loving father sending his only child to someone that is a stranger to them. The was a utter disjointed mess with very little redeeming value. Even Spike cameos as Mookie from "Do the Right Thing" were flat and uninteresting I felt sorry for Clarke Peters decent effort playing Bishop Enoch. It was brave to take on the role of a child molester preacher. I don't know if Spike Lee is fighting through religious issues in older years but working through your personal issues if clumsy way without comedy is not entertaining. It is more like watch a spectacular car wreck. You know it horrible but you are fascinated and can't look away. This is how this movie struck me. If I had the misfortune of watching this at the cinema house I would have walked out in spite of "car wreck fascination". .

Don't even pay attention to the rating on this movie. It was good. Some might say the movie is not worth watching after the first few minutes, but I would challenge them to watch the movie a bit longer. This movie was very well written, it was classic Spike Lee style (but written better than some of his old movies), and it even had a surprise twist (which I won't divulge). This movie is not like one of those gospel stage plays or even some of the movies that you would find on Netflix. This is much better. A person needs to really give this movie the 2 hours it deserves and have a good time. It may make you cry (when the secret comes out), but this movie is not a waster. It certainly deserved a better rating than it received. Please give it a chance, and you will not be disappointed.

I give this film an 8 out of 10 only because of it's obviously miniscule budget, a few more takes on some of the scenes and we would have yet another great 'Spike Lee Joint'. Gotta let you know, Spike Lee is my favorite director, has been since the death of Stanley Kubrick, and, although neither here or there, they both made/make superior films whose appreciation oftentimes came way too late! The film begins a bit preachy in its dialog, contemporary religious and social and political pontifications, and I am OK with that, it's what Spike has always done. The slice of life tale of a young boy spending a summer with an extremely religious grandfather he's just met, and the unexpected denouement is very good storytelling and very worthy of Spike Lee. I really wanna spoil the story, but, please, see it for yourself.