Southside with You

Southside with You

24/1/2016 1h 20m 5.7/10

Overview

Chronicles a single day in the summer of 1989 when the future president of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady on an epic first date across Chicago's South Side.

Director

Richard Tanne

Top Billed Cast

Tika Sumpter

Tika Sumpter

Michelle Robinson

Vanessa Bell Calloway

Vanessa Bell Calloway

Phillip Edward Van Lear

Phillip Edward Van Lear

Fraser C. Robinson

Parker Sawyers

Parker Sawyers

Barack Obama

Jerod Haynes

Jerod Haynes

Tommy

Deanna Reed-Foster

Deanna Reed-Foster

Bernadette

Reviews

Reno

Reno

12/24/2016

7/10

**First date with a chocolate ice cream girl.** A small film with a small success. It was entirely shot in the two weeks of time. Directed by a first timer, it tells the true story of Barack Obama and Michelle Robinson's first date back in the 1989 during working for a big law firm in Chicago. Like how Michelle denied it is a date as co-workers should not engage in a close relationship. While Obama is trying to win her heart, the film reveals their day, what they talk and do and how it all ends. This is not a biographical film I was expecting. I mean I was looking forward to the film, but not this kind of simple story. This looks like another version of 'Before Sunrise', and I won't be surprised if they make a sequel in a similar fashion, maybe a trilogy. So this is a one day event when they were young and passionate about their work, somewhat they both liked each other, though they knew their limits. The writer-come-director confirms all the events from his film really occurred, but not all of them in just one date. The actors were good, especially I liked Parker Sawyers as Barack Obama. For me, this is not a great film, but decently made one. Obama fans might like it, though you could try it if you like date film in a realistic manner. It's Obama's early life, so there's nothing about his present politics or the president post, except talking about their future plans. But most of the film about between them and their life, like how they grew how, what they love and loved, those kind of stuffs. So I hope you watch it with a low expectation. _6.5/10_

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