Directed by:
Chad HartiganScreenplay:
Chad HartiganCinematography:
Sean McElweeComposer:
Keegan DeWittCast:
Markees Christmas, Craig Robinson, Lina Keller, Carla Juri, Jakub Gierszal, Eva Löbau, Kai Michael Müller, Patrick Güldenberg, Benedikt Crisand (more)Plots(1)
Morris from America revolves around a 13-year-old African-American boy named Morris and the relationship he has with his father, Curtis, during the transitional period of adolescence. Complicating matters, they are new residents of Heidelberg, Germany - a city of rich history but little diversity. Morris falls in love with a local German girl named Katrin, and his tumultuous connection with her takes him on a journey that ends in self-discovery and a new dynamic to his relationship with Curtis. (Sundance Film Festival)
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I liked this. Markees Christmas and Craig Robinson make a great duo, with the former brilliantly portraying the awkward, lanky kid who's starting to go through puberty, and the latter playing the tired father who knows he's not doing enough for his son but is trying his best. I enjoyed watching this simply because I wanted to see how their relationships and others' relationships would develop. Never mind that it doesn't have an ending. A glimpse into the life of an incomplete family.
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It’s basically a three-star small-scale film, but I have to say that I have really enjoyed watching it. I rooted for Morris and wished him at least a little bit of luck. But the screenwriter was a bitch, and he was giving Morris a hard time for the whole time in the, in Morris’s opinion, filthy Germany. Well, all’s well that ends well, so I have to say that this peek into the life of a boy who feels that he doesn’t belong in a small German town is pretty accurate. I also liked the camera and the Heidelberg locations. I would go there right away.
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