One of the relatively smaller drawbacks of the Oscar season
is that you end up finding certain releases that make a little too much sense in terms of why they were
made. Between how space exploration has been framed as an example of where and
why humanity should unite under a common cause, and anything involving racial
prejudices makes for easy Oscar bait, it’s no wonder that this film exists. Of
course, it’s not like I’m not complaining about this; we’re just reaching the
end of February and I’ve already seen a handful of films that have pretty much
no reason to exist. Films with rather obvious intents aren’t inherently bad
things, so long as the people behind them can make those intents ring true in
the work proper. So, with all that said, which side of the Oscar bait line does
this land in?
