a great story and base on a true story about a young black man and all the difficulty along the road . be that this be denzel washington first ever movie that he himself be gon na direct and i have to admit i be a tad sceptical and but who wouldn not be . but then again and he a great actor with plently of year of experience and and the end result turn out great . the story be tell in a great way and make you that have have difficulty during your childhood and and young adulthood and see yourself in those situation . so and it hit you hard and let you know your not the only one go through hell . in all and a touching story about a young man try to make it in this feed up world . ( the story be base on the life of antwone fisher and born 3. august 1959 and cleveland and ohio and usa and whom be also the writer of this movie ) strongly recommend . positive .