Fishburne’s “gentrification” speech is as fierce as ever, along with his denunciation of SAT exams as culturally loaded, with the exception of maths. Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne are Reva and Furious, the sundered parents of Tre Styles – played by Cuba Gooding Jr, whose face looks heartbreakingly boyish and vulnerable – a kid growing up in South Central Los Angeles. Watched again, a quarter of a century on, what is so striking is not the confrontational aggression but the movie’s humanity, idealism and lack of cynicism, bolstered by intelligent and powerful performances.
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