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Antwone Fisher
Release
Date: March 7th 2003
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Certificate: 12 A
Starring: Derek Luke, Joy Bryant, Denzel Washington, Salli Richardson
Director: Denzel
Washington
Running Time:
120
mins
A
sailor that keeps getting into trouble is ordered to see a Navy psychiatrist
who, by befriending the young man, manages to uncover deeply buried secrets
about his past.Antwone Fisher (Luke) is a US Navy sailor with an attitude. Constantly being brought up on charges for fighting, he is ordered to see a naval psychiatrist Jerome Davenport (Washington) about his volatile temper. What neither Fisher nor Davenport realises at their first meeting is how far they will go together to find out why Fisher is like he is. This bright, but angry, young man has been psychologically scarred by his childhood experiences of rejection and abuse, but with the help of his doctor, who becomes more like a father than anyone Fisher has ever known, he begins a journey of discovery about his past.
At first Antwone refuses to talk, but once he starts telling his story,
the emotional floodgates open and a whole series of horrendous episodes
are revealed. As a young boy, Fisher and his two foster brothers were subjected
to abuse by their black foster mother, Mrs Tate (Novella Nelson), including
severe beatings. He also suffered further abuse from a cousin, Nadine (Yolonda
Ross), living in the Tate home, who forced him into playing sexual games.
With the support of Davenport and a young woman (Bryant) he falls in love
with, Fisher manages to find the courage to curb his destructive tendencies.
Finally he allows himself to actually visit the two families from his childhood;
the one he never knew and the one he knew all too well.First time director Washington shows that he can handle working behind the camera just as well as working in front of it. His ability to elicit such amazing performances from such young stars is incredible, and bodes well for his next outing as a director. Although the flashback sequences are quite graphic in their depictions of abuse, this is a film which in the end leaves you feeling refreshed and good about the whole experience.
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