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Movie Picks: Singapore Movie Society showcase, Yuni, King Richard

Movie Picks: Singapore Movie Society showcase, Yuni, King Richard

144 minutes, now exhibiting, 4 stars

Richard Williams, father of tennis champions Venus and Serena, achieved the American Dream – and in so doing, embodies every thing uplifting and miserable about it.

On this biopic, he’s portrayed by Will Smith, an actor who specialises in making cockiness charismatic – see the Muhammad Ali biopic Ali (2001). Williams’ bellicose power – by means of the magic of Smith’s interpretation – segues right into a salesman’s jocular persistence when he has to influence coaches and brokers to place their religion in his as-yet-untested daughters.

Credit score goes to director Reinaldo Marcus Inexperienced and screenwriter Zach Baylin for resisting the urge to provide Williams a contemporary makeover. He’s an old-school authoritarian who exhibits love by letting his kids purchase sweets.

Structured as a sports activities underdog story that begins with the household dwelling within the crime-riddled neighbourhood of Compton, California, it exhibits Williams and his spouse Brandy (Aunjanue Ellis) going to extraordinary lengths to maintain their 5 kids productively occupied and secure from gang violence.

Venus (Saniyya Sidney) and Serena (Demi Singleton) possess the uncooked expertise that can make true his dream of being the daddy of champions – a dream he has held since he found the sort of prize cash on provide at main tournaments.

Yuni (NC16, 2021)

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