this film and which be base on a true story and come from first time director and long time actor and denzel washington . denzel washington have give u some of the best performance of the last decade and a a black soldier in the civil war in glory and and a lawyer in the acclaimed philadelphia . and of course and he make special notoriety last year when he win the academy award for best actor in train day and in which denzel washington become the first african american to receive the award for best actor . i guess denzel want a change of pace and so he choose to direct antwone fisher and in which he also star . fisher be play by derek luke and who be new to the silver screen and but have make some guest appearance on such television show a king of queen and and he will be appear in the upcoming film release of biker boyz . this be a truly well do film from denzel washington and consider it be his first time direct . undoubtedly and denzel felt some kind of commitment and believe in the real life story of antwone fisher . antwone fisher be about a young african american man in the navy who constantly get into fight and and after one particular brawl he be send to see a navy psychiatrist name jerome davenport and play by denzel washington . davenport help antwone to deal with his troubled past and learn to move on with his life and by find his birth mother who have to give him up at birth because she be in prison . what make this film good be the fact that it not overly melodramatic . i be expect something a little more like good will hunt and with a lot of swear and fight and vulgarity . not that i do not like good will hunt and or the swearing and fighting and vulgarity of the film be out of place . quite the contrary . however and antwone fisher be a true story and and i do not think that washington want to sensationalize the story for dramatic affect in the film . don not get me wrong and there be moment when we see antwone fighting and carry on and have moment when it seem like the world be close in on him . after all and in his first session with his psychiatrist and the character play by washington and devenport ask fisher where he be bear and and fisher response be and ` from under a rock and an obvious jab at the pressure wan on antwone fisher soul . but i have to appreciate the fact that this film wasn not sensationalized for dramatic affect . i think it show real character on the part of denzel washington to deliver a more realistic story and to avoid the typical clichés that be common in hollywood film and even those base on true story . one other point that i would like to bring up about antwone fisher be the acting . over all and performance be good in the film and but not great . at time and i think it be a bit obvious that the main character be actor and but overall and to complain about performance in this film would be ludicrous . one actress that i would like to point out in this film be viola davis . she play antwone mother and but she say barely two sentence in the movie at all and but not so much because she appear at the end of the film and but more because she in shock that her long lost son and antwone have find her . what i would like to point out about her a an actress in the lack of use of her . she in basically a character actress and and i haven not see her play any really elaborate role . she make appearance in traffic and out of sight and kate and leopold and and two recent film represent far from heaven and solaris . in steven soderberg remake of solaris and she play a scientist on a doomed space craft orbit a planet . in that film and she be confront by george clooney character and she draw to tear by what clooney tell her in a particular scene . when i first saw solaris and i remember see her tear up in the scene and thinking and wow and this woman can act . it be a if you could feel the character grief . in that brief shot of her face and she give so much expression and i honestly felt very sorry for her character sadness and trouble in the film . i think she have definite potential a an actress and should be use more often perhaps in lead role and rather than just a a character drive actress . nonetheless and antwone fisher be a very good movie . denzel washington and a always and pull off a great performance and he give u a great directorial debut . also and derek luke be a very talented actor . i think that antwone fisher will bring his immense critical fame for his portrayal of the troubled man and but i think that his public popularity will increase with the release of biker boyz and which also star lawrence fishburn . antwone fisher be base on the book ` finding fish represent a memoir and by antwone quenton fisher . .