Review: 'The Best of Enemies' is yet another civil rights drama that centers on the white guy who becomes less racist
Sam Rockwell, Babou Ceesay and Taraji P. Henson star in “The Best of Enemies.” By Mark Jenkins April 4 at 9:00 AM Rating:
Yes, this is another semi-historical civil rights drama about a white guy. Writer-director Robin Bissell trains the spotlight on C.P. Ellis , a gas station owner and KKK “Exalted Cyclops” who liberalizes his outlook while collaborating with African American community activist Ann Atwater in Durham, N.C., in 1971.
The actual Ellis and Atwater really did become friends, but Bissell doesn’t scrupulously follow the 1996 book and 2002 documentary that inspired him. Many of the details are fictional, although the movie is more faithful to the actual events than “Remember the Titans,” another desegregation fable set in 1971.
The two youngest white members of the group appear inclined to ditch school segregation, but perhaps one of them can be intimidated. That would leave the deciding vote to Ellis, whose ultimate decision won’t surprise the Hollywood-savvy viewer — even though the movie’s melodramatically protracted climax plays his announcement as if it’s a shocker.
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