Lyonel Louis-Charles

Wasn’t very gripping or compelling. I found myself constantly checking my phone during the first episode, and then I found myself continually checking to see how much time or how many minutes remained while watching the second episode. I wanted to give it a chance despite all the controversy surrounding it but it’s safe to say that I won’t be watching the third episode or the rest of the series.

I did not enjoy this movie at all, not one bit. I am black, married to someone of color/biracial, and the son of immigrants and I found this movie disingenuous, unrelatable, and out of touch with reality. It was exactly what I thought it was going to be, pure propaganda. It came off too racist to the audience it was trying to attract. The Cheaper by the Dozen movies of the 2000s were way better. Those movies were just more fun to watch, they made you laugh, and had a moral to the story. They were a better family movie. Even Gabrielle Union, as amazing as she is could not save this movie. Never showing this version of Cheaper by the Dozen to my kids, but I will definitely explain to them what it is (propaganda) and what it is trying to do (misrepresent) so they are aware of this if they decide to watch it on their own when they are grown. I would give this movie a half star if I could.

She’s too popular and too well liked to be realistic. She doesn’t have enough issues, obstacles, or adversity in her life like a normal high schooler or teen does in general. Her perfect life is unrelatable to begins and then give her superpowers. Her new found powers seem to be more relatable and realistic than her perfect life.