Pitch Perfect

Rating: 10/10 (25 November 2018)

Far and away one of the best performances by Viggio ever. Ali played a more nuanced role but does Viggio shine in this one! I realized it was Viggio but he transformed spectacularly to be the character with his weight gain for the role, perfect accent and mannerisms of the man with his gruff but heart of gold (and then some) man. A minor surprise about the nature of Ali's Dr. Shirley was done well and was not the focus; it was the racism and loneliness of his existence and due to those factors that you slowly begin to feel deeply for this self-made, reinvented man who creates his own existence out of the world he lives in.
It was much better than expected and a true story, with embellishments of course, told in a non-judgmental way as to let the viewer come to their own conclusions. One of the best movies of 2018 so far and would not be surprised to see multiple awards for this.