Southside with You (2016)

Greetings from Lithuania."Southside with You" (2016) is a one charming, smart and very good film. Just recently i saw another very good movie about Barack Obama "Barry", which was a fascinating character study film. "Southside" is more of a romantic film, but it also has some good character study elements. Because "Barry" took place in 1981 and this movie takes place in 1989, watching "Southside with You" i couldn't shake a feeling that i'm watching a sequel to "Barry".Acting by both two leads were incredibly good, even great. Parker Sawyers who has big resemblance to Barack Obama simply embodies him - this is an amazing performance and chemistry between the two were superb. Writing and directing were also highly solid, at running time 1 h 16 min (this is pretty short movie) it didn't dragged for a second.Overall, "Southside with You" is a smart, amazingly acted, superbly crafted and utterly charming little movie. Don't think about politics and just enjoy the film itself, it is very good one.

The film chronicles the summer 1989 afternoon when the future President of the United States of America Barack Obama wooed his future First Lady Michelle Obama on a first date across Chicago's South Side. Southside with You feels like a bad fanfiction about love between Barack Obama and Michelle Obama and although the actors are alright the film it's uninteresting and boring and it feels like it has copied other movies as well such as Before Sunrise, Remember Me and every film about love than you can possible think of it feels fake and it looks fake i would advice you to stay way from this film as much as you can (3/10).

The Kennedys had Camelot. The Carters had the peanut farm. The Johnsons had The Ranch. All of them were created for sycophantic followers who just had to believe the a Kennedy was faithful, the Carter was just one of them, and the Johnsons were honest. Southside is the same genre. M & B are omg just like us and they are so cute and wow aren't they so smart. Fact is that this has less reality when it comes to tone than Bambi is the definitive work on the life cycle of white tail deer. Two types will go see this. Those who are already hooked on the Obama crack pipe and those who are forced to enter the theater to avoid some sort of apocalypse outside. It is pure dreck.

Throughout this movie I really felt like I was watching the early years and getting a feel for where the POTUS and FLOTUS were in their personal and professional development at that time. It was nice to be along for the ride! The dialogue for Michelle felt belabored at points, particularly in the first 30 minutes, but Barack's character felt on target. I had to adjust my expectations regarding the pace of the film because it initially felt slow. But as the film progressed, my focus shifted from the pace to getting to know that characters. Despite the complexion difference between the actor and the POTUS, the actor's mannerisms and intonation helped with getting lost in his portrayal and the story. Nicely done!