5.7
Travis has just been released from prison and it quickly becomes apparent that much has changed while he’s been gone. While girlfriend Candice is on the up and auditioning to star in a Tina Turner musical, daughter Kenisha is struggling in school and her relationship with her mum is tense. So, when Travis buys Candice her dream dress for an audition, rather than smoothing over the family’s problems, it ends up creating even more. As secrets and desires left unsaid threaten to spill out, Travis is forced to re-examine who he is and how he wants to be perceived in the world.
Natey Jones
Travis
Alexandra Burke
Candice
Temilola Olatunbosun
Kenisha
Emeka Sesay
Nathan
Thomas Grant
Danny
Nicholas Bishop
Shaun
Eliot Sumner
Sam
Michael Junior Onafowokan
Emeka
Lee Byford
Prison Officer
Tsemaye Bob-Egbe
Vivian
Jo Wheatley
Offender Manager
Joshua Blisset
Steven
Andrea Francis
Walbury's Colleague
Edwin De La Renta
Fletcher
Baba Oyejide
Dockey
Matthew Jacobs Morgan
Drag Queen
Rolan Bell
Clive
Darrell Privett
Paul
Ade Dee Haastrup
Craig
Basit Ayanwusi
Tyson
Tione Chance
Wesley
Alexander James-Blake
Tayo
Maria Almeida
Cicely
Ben Caplan
Jim
Patricia Potter
Jayne
John Omole
Shak
Angie Le Mar
Deborah
Mark Monero
Lloyd
Dexter Flanders
Victor
Nate Anidugbe
Jay
Triston Beckles
Bennett
Christos Tolera
Gavin
Marley Da Silva
Bradley
Andy May
John the Pianist
Abbie Neale
Casting Assistant
Jade Nanton
Repair Shop Owner
Eddison Joseph
Uncle Pat
Maria Crittell
Belinda
Andrew French
Mr. Frank
Jasmine Atkins-Smart
Sergeant Marks
James McNicholas
Constable Newman
Shahzad Ali
Big Bloke
Claire Redcliffe
Ms Knight
Ishmael Nation
Dev
Director, Writer
Dionne Edwards
December 24, 2023
7
I was really disappointed in this film. The trails suggested a cutting edge drama about a man challenging the norms of his community but what we actually get is an over-scripted, not very well acted, family melodrama. "Travis" (Natey Jones) returns home after a spell in prison to his wife "Candice" (Alexandra Burke) and teenage daughter "Kenisha" (Temilola Olatunbosun). "Candice" has an audition to play in a Tina Turner musical and has her eyes on a spangly red dress. It's expensive, but "Travis" manages to find a job with his brother and manages to buy it for her. She loves it, but, well... so does he. At this stage we begin to sense that he has some identity fluidity issues, but that is best kept under wraps for fear it will not be well received by his family, nor by their friends. It's only when "Candice" comes home unexpectedly one evening that the relationship dynamic suddenly changes for all of them. The premiss is bold - it does aim fairly and squarely at bigotry and homophobia, but the execution is slow and ponderous. Alexandra Burke is a great singer but she is not a great actress and as the ever more contrived family shenanigans mount up - including some issues for the young "Kenisha" - the thrust that made the film interesting in the first place gets rather lost. Jones is adequate, but again his character is largely undeveloped with little of a backstory to give us a sense of just how this relationship evolved, and ultimately I just think Dionne Edwards relied a little too much on the shock value of the thread and of audience assumptions rather than develop this into something more powerful. It's watchable, bit misses the goal I'd say.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00