Glad I decided not to listen to this critics horrible reviews for this movie, almost didn't watch ...but glad I did.This movie doesn't fit the narrative they want out there on white people . Ron Howard shines light on the fact that even most us white folks came and still come from nothing, barely scraping by dealing with constant struggles with drug addiction, violence, poverty, unemployment, the legal system, etc.. our masters know no color. There are no privileges for the poor and nothing is given but family, and thats everything for folks on the bottom,and its not easy but you can change your fate. This is the story I felt through truly epic acting all the way around. Flick of the year if you ask me. *Stands* and *slow clap*