Nothing Against This Film; Everything Against This Film

Rating: 2/10 (7 July 2017)

Will Smith may have been good in this film. It may have been effectively made, acted, produced and directed. A well packaged product. People may have walked out of this film feeling very good at the end.
But they shouldn't.
It represents a dark explication of the "American Dream" in which we are called to celebrate the fact that a father hung out with his kid in public bathrooms until by chance he "made it" with some big corporation.
That's a nightmare from beginning to end and explains a lot of what's broken about our attitudes toward society. It allows us to leave the theater clucking: "Yes, if only all those black fathers would do this, they'd be fine, maybe even rich. Its really all their fault." Awful. 2/10 stars (not 1 only because I respect the acting.)