"Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom": A Lesson in Blues
With raw and unapologetic performances by Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman, stories about the hardships of Black musicians are weaved in with The Blues.

Olla, a woman with mental disorders, suddenly has illusions about her body's emotions, after being catcalled by a group of young men, but these emotions take her to a place that makes her reminisce about painful events.
With raw and unapologetic performances by Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman, stories about the hardships of Black musicians are weaved in with The Blues.
The beating heart of this film is the relationship between Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse.
Izzy and Prince Thomas learn that taking control of their own destiny requires following their hearts and making their own decisions.
Overall this movie was an easy watch, but by no means a worthwhile watch.
It was always people for Joe, and he ultimately found them at the end of a long, painful, yet illuminating quest for self-discovery outside of one, confident constant - his bisexuality.
Overall, Matthias & Maxime doesn't reinvent this romantic concept. But it also doesn't need to. Dolan weaves a story of love, friendship, and life that is both realistic and bittersweet. The film is nuanced and sensual in a way we don't get to see often with LGBTQ characters. It's a film that we can celebrate.