An upcoming African American civil activist attorney for the NAACP, Thurgood Marshall (Boseman)), is assigned a case to represent Joseph Spell (Brown) who is accused of rape and attempted murder of Eleanor Strubing (Hudson), a rich married Caucasian woman. Due to the racism within the courtroom, including the presiding judge, Marshall is not allowed to represent the accused Black male, but is allowed to hire Sam Friedman (Gad), a Jewish insurance attorney who really wants nothing to do with the case. Together the two attorneys will work together despite their own internal differences along with the social and present prejudices that they will face from the town's people and the courtroom, so that their client will have a fair chance at justice against a racist society.
Reel Talk:
Right off, MARSHALL is a good movie. Chadwick Boseman does a good job portraying the first African American attorney for the NAACP. The cast was good with Josh Gad also doing a good performance as Sam Friedman. Now my personal discrepancies would be that, although Chadwick Boseman is a tremendous actor, he had no resemblance of Thurgood Marshall at all. There are so many other choices that would have been a better fit. I thought Jussie Smollett who portrays Langston Hughes in a cameo could have been a good select. But I guess star power wins over looks. This is the second time for Boseman who portrayed James Brown in GET ON UP and look wise was a miscast, but as the film progressed his performance was awesome causing you to overlook his appearance. My other gripe is that although this film covered one of the attorney's winning civil rights cases, they could have expounded more on the life and extensive career of the man who would eventually become the first African American Supreme Court Justice. Still this was an entertaining and good movie that I say is worth cashing out to see.
Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson, Sterling K. Brown, Keesha Sharp, Roger Guenveur Smith and Jussie Smollett
Directed by: Reginald Hudlin
Rated: PG-13
I give it 4 corn dogs.
By: THE REEL HUSTLER
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