Slow, Didactic, Inaccurate Film About a Minor Episode

Rating: 1/10 (25 October 2019)

Described as being based on "a crazy, outrageous incredible true story" about how a black cop infiltrated the KKK, BlacKkKlansman would be more accurately described as the story of how a black cop in 1970s Colorado Springs spoke to the Klan on the phone. He pretended to be a white supremacist . . . on the phone. That isn't infiltration, that's prank-calling. A poster for the movie shows a black guy wearing a Klan hood. Great starting point for a comedy, but it didn't happen. The cop who actually attended KKK meetings undercover was a white guy (played by Adam Driver). These led . . . well, nowhere in particular. No plot was foiled. Those meetups mainly revealed that Klansmen behave exactly how you'd expect Klansmen to behave.
Add in some additional characters who didn't exist and events that did not happen and you finally reach the end of this mess.
Of course the movie also bashes you over the head with Lee's typical messages about racism by adding dialog and characters (who the hell was Alec Baldwin portraying?) that really don't have anything to do with the main plot. Oh, and he also has to denigrate President Trump.
That this movie was even considered for any Oscars is an insult to real filmmakers.