PAUL ROBESON (EBONY REP): 75% " BITTERSWEET
BITTERSWEET The least effective scene is an unnecessarily thorough reenactment of Robeson's appearance before the House Un-American Activities Committee, with Smith asking the questions from the piano bench. The slack direction and unfocused storytelling render a potentially dynamic sequence tedious, bombastic and repetitive. The reliance on history that charges "Paul Robeson" ultimately proves its undoing. [...]