The Last Black Man in San Francisco

    The Last Black Man in San Francisco
    2019

    Synopsis

    Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind.

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    Cast

    • Jimmie FailsJimmie Fails
    • Jonathan MajorsMontgomery Allen
    • Rob MorganJames Sr.
    • Tichina ArnoldWanda Fails
    • Mike EppsBobby
    • Finn WittrockClayton
    • Danny GloverGrandpa Allen
    • Willie HenPreacher
    • Jamal TruloveKofi
    • Antoine RedusNitty

    Recommendations

    • 100

      The Playlist

      The film team is so strong and the direction so fine that it’s simply hard to believe this is actually Talbot’s first full-length feature film. And to detail much more would spoil the genuine surprise of their many on-screen artistic contributions.
    • 93

      TheWrap

      Aside from exploring the housing crisis benefiting developers and startups, “Last Black Man” hones in on male friendship from the standpoint of two young guys whose fraternal bond surpasses any need for the posturing associated with toxic masculinity.
    • 91

      IndieWire

      Talbot has a gift for making twee material feel true, but his grip weakens during the pivotal home stretch of his debut, and as a result the ending doesn’t land with the emotion it deserves.
    • 80

      The Hollywood Reporter

      All the dramatic components have not only been well thought out by Talbot and co-writer Rob Richert, but they’re adorned, for the most part, by a sense of reality that keeps pretentiousness at bay. To be sure, this is a highly calculated and worked-out story, but the humor and lively playing of the entire cast keeps the film aloft across its two hours.
    • 80

      Los Angeles Times

      A patchwork of impressions, ruminations and unsolved mysteries, The Last Black Man in San Francisco teems and even overflows with life and love, some might argue at the cost of narrative focus or momentum. That strikes me as precisely the point.
    • 80

      New York Magazine (Vulture)

      This is a film of shifting moods and occasionally contradictory narratives. It’s as much about delusion as it is about gentrification, and as much about friendship as it is about solitude.
    • 70

      Screen Daily

      This ambitious debut features flashes of imaginative visuals, quirky dialogue, and well-meaning messages about gentrification and disenfranchisement.
    • 60

      The Guardian

      It’s a shaggy, wistful film that acts as a heartfelt tribute to both a city and a friendship and when the cutesy quirk that surrounds it is dialled down, we’re able to appreciate the underpinning earnestness.

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    • Sérgio P.