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Thanks, George, and your two long time mates for even thinking about taking this on. In reality it's a seriously tough journey that very few people could even enremotely appreciate.

So many aspects stand out, true heiftiendship, endurance, determination and yet the ultimate message that the most important thing in life is how much we make of the events along the way. Midges are a nightmare that need to be experienced to genuinely understand what a horrible effect they can have on your morale.

But a hugely overwhelming part of this film, and for me a very personal thing that I have also endured, is the way that you highlight the incredible beauty of the land that 1we live in.

What a great story, ultimately spoiled by schmaltz... why oh why does American storytelling of true events have to always spin real historical events in this way?

A man that worked so hard to achieve what he did against such odds and undoubted prejudices that still existed in America at that time doesn't deserve to be portrayed as someone who repeatedly pronounced such a level of victimhood.

If the writer's intention was to highlight and reinforce the modern narrative that black men are always confronted by obstacles that other men don't also face, then they do a huge disservice to the real life heroes like Jesse Brown that were fully accepted as brothers in arms by those who stood next to them.

Please, please give it a rest.

This will break your heart from the first scene onwards but stick with it and I promise that it will also: 1. Inspire you 2. Make you look at all sorts of things through another light, and most importantly 3. Leave you as a better person As a single father who has brought up two boys from the ages of seven and two, countless aspects of this film resonated with my own experiences, despite never having been anywhere close to the situation that transpires (except in my most troubled times and imagination). My sons are now twenty and seventeen and have become their own wonderful selves desoite my fumbling efforts along the way, but I truly wish I had seen this at the start of my own journey.

Brilliant writing, direction and most of all career defining performances, in particular from James Norton, but also barely credible from such a young actor as Daniel Lamont, as well as all the supporting cast.

If I could, I would have given this 20+ stars... choose your time to watch it, but never has 'must watch' more applied.