Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

maria_rojas-caleno I think this movie was pretty good. The film had some pretty good adaptation of the play and gave decent details on it. However, there was some changes. for example, in the play the Youngers never leaves the apartment and on the film they do. On the other hand, this is good because it gave a better understanding of what was like living in the late 1950s. Also, the film gave a better understanding of the racism that the Youngers suffered by changing the plot. I think that the movie was engaging and emotional, i would definitely watch it again.

brittany_guaman I think the movie was pretty good. The actors were great. They knew what was happening. The book and the movie are very similar. Some scenes are added or some don't show up. For example in the movie it gives more details than the book. It shows more and in the book it mostly takes place in the Younger's apartment. In the movie the setting is not just in the apartment. The ending in the book is different from the ending in the movie but besides that I liked the movie/book.

bkoganbing Although this version of A Raisin In The Sun doesn't come up to the first film version which contained many of the original Broadway cast, the 2008 reenactment can certainly stand on its own. Wisely the producers left the time as it was in the late Fifties on the cutting edge of the Civil Rights movement.I doubt you could do a modern version of A Raisin In The Sun with the election of Barack Obama. But that fact lends a certain poignancy to this production. One only wishes that Lorraine Hansberry had lived to see Election Day of 2008. Her work now inherits the mantle of history.Some things haven't changed though. The Younger family if they were around today would still be experiencing some of the same economic issues. And making the big family decision about what to do with the $10,000.00 in insurance money that the recently departed Walter Lee Younger Sr. provided for his family.The conflict centers around Sean Combs as Walter Lee Younger, Jr. and his mother Phylicia Rashad. Combs sees an opportunity in a liquor store with two partners and Rashad wants a move to the suburbs and out of the Southside of Chicago. The family does come together however when a neighborhood association as represented by John Stamos offers to buy them out of moving to his lily white neighborhood. In the original play and film version the part John Stamos plays was done by John Fiedler. Talk about radical casting change.This is not as good as the first film version, but it does hold its own and well.

blackstonmichael first of all i want to say for the people who thought Sean combs was great in the movie. what movie were you watching!!!!!!!!!!!!!. first of all i want to say, the movie its self was very good.also it send a very important message.Oh yes the performances. i thought Sean combs establish himself as an serious actor i thought he gave an Emmy worthy performance. Rashad from the Cosby fame gave an very should add another Emmy to her name. the unrecognizable sanaa la than gives her best performance in her career, john stamos is know for bunch of TV movies was very funny but strong as usual. not to mention the little boy don't know his name but he was also good. i hope this movie comes out on DVD.