Black Or White
This story tells about the case of a child being torn between the care of her grandparents, each of whom tries to take care of the child in a constant conflict. Grandpa tries to be the mother of the child, and her grandmother tries to get custody of the child with the help of her brother. Both families are in conflict to get that girl, and both cause the child to be torn between two families they love deeply. Perhaps thanks to the best intentions in the heart, understanding and cohesion, both families will fight for what they feel is right and try to deal more rationally to find an optimal solution. Perhaps this will be in the interest of both of them.
29 December 1969, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
25 May 1970, Montgomery, Alabama, USA
8 November 1983, Newark, New Jersey, USA
23 September 1978, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
23 September 1952, Pinckneyville, Illinois, USA
25 March 1959, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
28 December 1979, Bessemer, Alabama, USA
13 November 1958, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
4 May 1989, Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas, USA
March 07, 2016
The title suggests there are no easy answers. So why does everything feel so tidy?
January 31, 2015
Oh, the bathos! The loony wrongheadedness of the screenplay!
January 30, 2015
"Black or White" stumbles even as it tries to move forward.
February 24, 2016
As far as legal procedurals and family dramas go, Black or White is a minor success.
March 15, 2017
This very shallow, poorly conceived and developed film, which is based on a true story, is a well-meaning misfire.
January 31, 2015
Black or White isn't so much an offensive movie as it is a pointless one.
January 30, 2015
Despite the best of intentions, a career-best performance from Kevin Costner, and outstanding work by Octavia Spencer and child actor Jillian Estell, "Black or White" succumbs to some of the same stereotypes it tries to dispel.
June 13, 2016
Costner holds it all together. While he's always been supremely watchable, as his looks succumb to middle-age spread-his acting chops have escalated.
December 18, 2015
Only Costner's salty, unselfconscious turn as a cranky codger makes the film almost bearable.
January 30, 2015
Binder, who once made lowbrow comedies but now specializes in middlebrow dramedies, is in several leagues over his head with this story ...
December 31, 2015
Binder's broadness of reach becomes a kind of tonal confusion - a racial melodrama, but with cute laugh cues.
January 30, 2015
It may be helpful - or vexing - to think of "Black or White" as the great grandchild of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?"
