The Visit DVD with Obba Babatunde, Rae Dawn Chong, Charmin Lee White (R) +Movie Reviews

Outstanding redemption story

David Clapp | TN USA | 11/04/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

""The Visit" is an outstanding expanded view of a prison inmate dying of AIDS. His world is defined by visits from family members and an old girl friend, and by his meetings with a prison psychologist and the parole board. Each encounter is followed by dream sequences where he imagines an intimacy with them that is impossible across the physical and mental barriers defining their short time together. The story paints a larger picture of anger, love, and forgiveness that reaches beyond the unsentimental and unvarnished prison drama to a universal redemption unbound by prison walls. Say amen somebody; this is true religion at its best, sans God or Bible, but rich in human love."

Make This a Must Scheduled "Visit"

Mark D. Cunningham | Austin, Texas United States | 02/03/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

""The Visit" is a very fine film with formidable performances, especially from the superb Hill Harper and Billy Dee Williams. I also thought Rae Dawn Chong was the best I've ever seen her. It is a terrible shame this film was deemed fit only to been seen in theatres on the West and East coasts. I would definitely have paid good money to see this film to give it the proper support it so richly deserved. I found myself connecting with these characters completely and regretted seeing them leave after a truly magnificent stay in my home for an hour and forty five minutes. Please rent this film. There may be little we can do about supporting it at a theatre near our respective homes, however we can do what is necessary to make sure it flies off video shelves. While it is not my intention to insult films like "The Brothers" and "Two Can Play That Game," I do feel it is worth noting that films like "The Visit" ("Eve's Bayou" comes to mind as well as the television series adaptation of the film "Soul Food") represent the talent Black actors and filmmakers are capable of if only given the chance to be seen and heard. Bravo to Jordan Walker Pearlman for his exquisite film and let us hope this represents an embracing of excellence in the telling of Black people's stories on screen. I am very, very proud."

Beautiful

thesavvybamalady | Prichard, Alabama USA | 03/10/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This movie is just beautiful. The portrayals were the absolute best and I wasn't disappointed. You have this brother who has AIDS in prison. His father, who didn't give him no support when he needed it, will not visit him in prison until the brother(Obba Babatunde) asks them to. I believe the reason he asks the family to come is because he knew the end was coming, and in his own way he wanted to make peace. In some of the scenes, he baits some of the folks, I felt that was a waste of time, but other than that, it was good. One of the best, and one of the most underrated movies that is out there."

The Prison is in your Mind

Mark D. Cunningham | 03/24/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"When I first saw The "Visit" it was on HBO, but never really seeing
the Movie from the beginning, but found it to be just as powerful.
I'm a movie collector and just knew I wanted it as part of my
collection. To me "The Visit" was just an anology of being
locked behind the "prison walls of your mind" and even though
those who were physically free weren't really free...they were
still imprisoned mentally and spiritually. Sometimes you have to look beyond the title of the movie and see how it's speaking into your life. The acting was good and there was a story line; it all
had to do with how deep inside yourself were you willing to go to
get the meaning of the message of the movie..."

A universal story all can relate to.

George O. Singleton | Chicago | 09/27/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Somewhere, in every family, there's an ache to be healedSeeing a movie of this caliber was a pleasant surprise.
Hill Harper will be a major leading star in the very near future. While the most obvious comparison is to think of the next Denzel Washington, I think he will take a step forward, just as Denzel did from Sidney Poitier. Harper's strong performance in the TV show City of Angels and his debut feature film Loving Jezebel gives you a glimpse into his potential. His acting is exceptional, without the need for giving speeches like many of the current crop of better actors such as Denzel Washington, Kevin Spacey and Nicholas Cage. As I was looking at this film, I was reminded of Denzel in Hurricance. Not because of the similar prison setting, but because of the depth of the character being shown in a confined space. Jordan Walker-Pearlman's directing compliments Harper's acting, effectively using flashbacks and luminous dream sequences. The supporting cast is excellent, creating an ensemble film. Obba Babatunde, Rae Dawn Chong, Billy Dee Williams, Marla Gibbs and Phylicia Rashad all provide memorable performances. Billy Dee even makes up for his shameful supporting, "I really need a paycheck," role in The Ladies Man. In The Hurricane, the primary villain was a racist white policeman and an insensitive judicial system. In The Visit, the biggest enemy starts out as Alex himself. As in the phrase, "still waters run deep," The Visit is about so much more than a conversation between two people sitting on different sides of a table. Every family has room for a spiritual awakening and there are doors that you may wish to reopen once you see this film. George O. Singleton © 2000
George@reelmoviecritic.com"

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	The Visit Actors: Obba Babatunde, Rae Dawn Chong, Charmin Lee White, Terrell Mitchell, Enoh Essien Director: Jordan Walker-Pearlman Genres: Drama, Mystery & Suspense R 2001 1hr 47min When Alex is sent to prison for a crime he swears he didn't commit, his family at the insistence of their brutally strict father abandon the boy to his fate.
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