‘We Grown Now’ review: Coming of age in Chicago’s Cabrini-Green projects, in a movie of true distinction
by Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Apr 19, 2024
3 minutes
Can we really trust tears as a sign of a film’s quality? A century of so many shameless, relentless cinematic mediocrities suggest the answer is no. If a movie will stop at nothing in its mission to make you cry, yes, statistically speaking, you’ll probably comply. Or not, because you feel jerked around as a viewer. But just as there are what Mike Nichols used to call “expensive laughs” in comedies — bits that get laughs, but at the expense of truth, or
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