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Apr 3, 2019 · Unlike other movies on similar subjects, “The Best of Enemies” doesn’t treat racial prejudice as a freakish, isolated pathology, but rather as an unremarkable, omnipresent fact of life. C.P...
- Robin Bissell
Apr 5, 2019 · “The Best of Enemies” is about outspoken Black activist Ann Atwater (Taraji P. Henson) clashing over school integration with C.P. Ellis (Sam Rockwell), the Exalted Cyclops of the North Carolina Branch of the Ku Klux Klan.
The Best of Enemies is historical drama at its finest, although its inclusion of racial slurs and other strong language may repel some moviegoers. The movie’s spiritual themes (reconciliation, redemption and standing up for righteousness) shine through the hate-filled rhetoric.
Apr 4, 2019 · By Caryn James. April 4, 2019 9:00am. Anyone bracing for a Green Book -style explosion of justified outrage at The Best of Enemies can breathe a little. This fact-based story about how Durham,...
Apr 8, 2019 · Based on a true story, The Best of Enemies centers on the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater (Henson), an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis (Rockwell), a local Ku Klux Klan leader who reluctantly co-chaired a community summit, battling over the desegregation of schools in Durham, North Carolina during the racially-charged ...
- Lynnette Nicholas
Apr 4, 2019 · Racism is tackled in the most Hollywood ways imaginable in The Best Of Enemies, a painfully earnest and predictable true-life drama that emotes with conviction but never any inspiration.
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Apr 5, 2019 · The Best of Enemies, fronted by Oscar winner Sam Rockwell and Oscar nominee Taraji P. Henson, is a well-acted, winsome, and effective story about race and reconciliation—one that may challenge us to, as Riddick told me, “Look in the mirror at our [own biases], to try and be a better person.”.
