Jack and I liked this remake of the French movie about a wealthy, refined, quadriplegic White man and his impoverished, pushy, Black caretaker. We loved the original, Intouchables, in 2012.
Bryan Cranston (last blogged for Isle of Dogs) is good in everything and does great things here as Phillip. Having seen only two of Kevin Hart's 85 credits (small parts in Little Fockers and Top Five), I can't say with certainty that this is his first dramatic role, but I can say that he plays Dell very well without constant jokes (don't worry, he's still funny). Nicole Kidman (most recently in these pages for Destroyer) is Phillip's no-nonsense assistant and Aja Naomi King (last blogged for The Birth of a Nation) is Dell's baby mama.
Director Neil Burger (introduced in the blog in Limitless) works from the script by Jon Hartmere (new to me) who adapted the other screenplay which was adapted from a memoir by a White Algerian caretaker for a White Frenchman.
Rob Simonsen (last blogged for The Front Runner) gives us nice music which can be streamed from Apple Music and Spotify.
Ooh, the critics hated this one, averaging a mean 40% on Rotten Tomatoes, while its audiences agree with us, coming in at 86%. Oh well. It may still be on big screens (we saw it two weeks ago) but is estimated to come to your streaming services in April 2019.
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