Brian Banks Review: Heavy-Handed Biopic is Saved By Strong Acting
Brian Banks Good intentions and Hodge’s eloquent, stirring performance help to compensate for Brian Banks' shortcomings as a thinly-sketched inspirational biopic. Brian Banks ' real - liveliness story is one that risks coming off very badly in a motion-picture show . It deals with extremely sore subject - specifically , a fictive assault accusation - that demand delicate treatment to avoid being problematic in their portrayal . That it also involves an impeccant black teenager being coerced into accepting a plea bargain ( in society to help a broken jurist organisation ) is almost a secondary take ....