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Sundance 2016: You’ll Get Your Fill of Warm Fuzzies in Morris from America
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Follow all of our Sundance 2016 coverage. As you may recall from when it happened to you or from the many movies you’ve seen on the subject, growing up is hard. That’s especially true for kids with single parents, and for minorities, and for kids living in a foreign country. The boy in Morris from America is all of those things, but don’t expect a lot of high drama. This is a slight, pleasant, coming-of-age comedy offering smiles and warm fuzzies alongside two charming central performances. Morris Gentry (Markees Christmas) is a stout, 13-year-old African American boy living with his dad, Curtis (Craig Robinson), in Heidelberg, Germany, a city not known for its ethnic diversity. Curtis, a former soccer player from New York, has taken a job on a coaching staff here, uprooting Morris from their home. (It’s just the two of them since Mom died.) Morris takes German lessons from a college student »
- Eric D. Snider
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