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March 1985 (USA) morePlot:
A man who despises his upwardly mobile lawyer brother reluctantly agrees to be best man at his wedding. | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Life is all about choices moreCast
(Credited cast) | Everett Silas | ... | Pierce Mundy |
| Jessie Holmes | ... | Mrs. Mundy |
| Gaye Shannon-Burnett | ... | Sonia |
| Ronnie Bell | ... | Soldier Richards |
| Dennis Kemper | ... | Wendell Mundy |
| Sally Easter | ||
| Angela Burnett | ... | Angela |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Charles Bracy | ... | Walker |
| Eugene Cherry | ... | Gene (as Gene Cherry) |
| Tashia Cherry | ... | Gene's wife |
| Frances E. Nealy | ... | Sonia's Mother |
 | Thomas Penick | ... | Dead Body |
 | Sy Richardson | ... | Sonia's Father |
 | Henry G. Sanders | ... | Beat-up man |
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Milestone released two films by Charles Burnett last fall. His acclaimed Killer of Sheep, and this lesser known film. This film was originally released in 1983, but has been re-cut and re-released. This is the 2007 version that I am reviewing.
The slice of life that we see in this film is interesting, but confined mostly to dialog, with little action. Everett Silas stars as Pierce, an individual who is torn by his loyalty to his no-good friend, and his family. This is put to the test on Saturday as his friend dies on his brother's wedding day.
It is the little things that I found fascinating in this film - the fact that a 16-year-old is constantly flirting with Pierce, who is 30; the stark contrast with Pierce, a working man, and his brother the professional, and the siding of Pierce's mother with wealth; the two people he cares for who can't bathe themselves or take their medicine, and their preoccupation with religion, which also is huge with Pierce's mother. There is a wealth of material to draw upon for reflection, and Burnett has given us a good film.
I can't wait to see the original.