The premise: a suburban white kid impersonates a black student in order to gain a college scholarship, and learns what life can be like for a member of a minority.
The reality: C. Thomas Howell gives a pathetic performance in a cheese-fest of a movie - as Comedy Central says, "How does a white guy convince a school that he's black? Not very convincingly." Howell's skin is so obviously not black, it makes the entire movie an agonizing experience. Even if his performance was believable, the story is so boring and cliche' one wonders why this film was made. Howell and Chong's romance has no chemistry and the "racism" Howell's character faces is tame. Chong gives the best performance in the movie, but neither she, nor screen legend James Earl Jones can save this flop.
Save your time and money, you'll thank me later.
The reality: C. Thomas Howell gives a pathetic performance in a cheese-fest of a movie - as Comedy Central says, "How does a white guy convince a school that he's black? Not very convincingly." Howell's skin is so obviously not black, it makes the entire movie an agonizing experience. Even if his performance was believable, the story is so boring and cliche' one wonders why this film was made. Howell and Chong's romance has no chemistry and the "racism" Howell's character faces is tame. Chong gives the best performance in the movie, but neither she, nor screen legend James Earl Jones can save this flop.
Save your time and money, you'll thank me later.