There is not much to say about this film because not much happens, it seems like Donald & staff used this as an excuse to hang out with Rihanna (why anyone would want to do that I don't know), and to showcase some of Donald's songs. Despite my opinions on this dead end movie that has no story or character arc, the musical parts are quite charming & a couple of the songs are still stuck in my head for days now, until you get to the music festival. During this lengthly scene, while the main character is performing, he has his eyes open so wide that it looks like they are going to pop out of his head, why he is doing this I don't know but it happens the whole scene & distracts the viewer from a tense build up the film is trying to accomplish. Donald Glover's acting is decent in this, just nothing interesting or memorable is done with his character aside from his music, Rihanna is extremely hollow & wooden in her performance & I don't understand why anyone would cast her in a movie no matter how high the payday is, and the talents of the brilliant Leticia Wright are completely abandoned in this movie due to lazy and uninteresting story writing. This could have been a lot better but at least the set is pretty to look at. 6 for the catchy music but if you're reading this, do yourself a favor and skip this one.
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