Straight from Brooklyn! Getting Out of Brooklyn is a social drama. The story of a black family living in new buildings in Brooklyn, not the most pleasant quarter. The head of the family, Ray Brown, works at a gas station as a tanker. Drinks a lot, beats his wife and swears what the light is on, white people. Frankie, Ray's wife, silently and patiently endures the beatings of her husband and does not go to the police. They have two children: son Dennis and daughter Caroline. Dennis sleeps and sees how to have a lot of money and leave the dead Brooklyn place forever. And seeing his desire, the devil gives him the opportunity to pair with friends to rob one drug dealer. But it will not be immediately, but in the meantime, that we will witness the life and relations within this family. The story is familiar to us, albeit not in such shades, but somewhere we have already seen it and read about it: about dysfunctional areas, about a drinking father beating his wife, about children who want to escape and leave.
I can’t say that the film made me sad and depressed, because the black actors played great. George T. Odom played Ray Brown. A powerful explosion of emotion, expression and authenticity of image transmission. His character almost does not dry out, but in those rare moments when he is sober, Ray can afford to disassemble household rubbish and find a record, put on music and start dancing alone. And this man will definitely support Frankie when he returns home.
As for their son Dennis, he has a girlfriend. A nice girl, Sherley, who works as a waitress in a cafe and instructs her boyfriend on the right path. But will Dennis listen? Dennis lives on the Nekrasov principle: man, that the bull will be hung. To become him and friends who dream of a beautiful life, a bunch of unnecessary gold trinkets, girls, etc. One shot at all: I want to say golden jeans. Dennis is a hardened character, and if he decides, he will certainly do it. And about what price he will have to pay for a stolen case with money, he certainly does not think. In general, not a bad movie by acting. You can see it for once. Six points.
6 out of 10