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Native Son

1986, Movie, PG, 112 mins

Native Son: Review

The second film version of African-American author Richard Wright's novel Native Son, like the first, misses the mark. Bigger Thomas (Victor Love) is a discouraged, inarticulate, frustrated, and deeply angry young black man in Chicago in the 1930s. He gets a job as a chauffeur for the Daltons, a rich, white, liberal family. His first night on duty, Bigger is told to drive Mary (Elizabeth Mcgovern), the impetuous daughter, to her evening college class. Once in the car, Mary t... read more leave a comment