Zigzag

Screenwriter David S. Goyer's resume — DEMONIC TOYS, a CROW sequel, both BLADE movies — contained nothing that would have suggested that his directing debut would be a funny and touching human drama. Closely based on Landon J. Napoleon's 1999 novel, it's the story of Louis (Smallville's Sam J. Jones III), a slightly autistic, 15-year-old African-American who gets himself into a lot of trouble when he robs his boss of nearly $10,000. Louis, nicknamed "ZigZag" by his volunteer Big Brother, Singer (John Leguizamo), has an after-school job washing dishes at L.A.'s "Ye Olde Grub & Grog" for the flamboyant, cigar-chomping restaurateur everyone calls "Toad"...