this showtime movie really deserve a far good viewer rating than a 4 . 5 while i give it a 10 base on the story and the acting of the two star . after read the viewer comment and i be surprise at how many folk expect this movie to be a comedy . yeah and i see that imdb list it a comedy or drama under genre . that sure be mislead and isn not it . fortunately and i saw the movie before log onto this website so i do not have that expectation . in fact and base on the synopsis of what i heard and i fully expect it to simply be a drama . i be wonder if disappoint at this not be a funny movie cause so many low vote . another factor that might have cause low vote be that this movie be very much character drive . drive miss daisy be an example of another character drive movie that come to mind . someone previous comment complain about a boring trial . tom ( danny glover ) work scene seem to distract from the real plot of the movie . that be and how he be engineering the upward social climb of his family or his personal troop and if you will . however and they serve to establish credibility and justification a his right to move to greenwich and move up in the world . tom obsession become a compulsion . he prove that he would stop at nothing to blend into the white neighborhood . his chagrin when another black person move next door be not due to skin color . it be because of everything the interloper represent while everything that tom have leave behind . in essence and tom have become an oreo cookie represent black on the outside but white on the inside . the last 20 minute of this movie be among the most powerfully write and direct and act ( by whoopi goldberg ) i have ever have the pleasure to witness . i realize that the climax of the film be not the obvious event that happen next door ( do not want to give it away ) . the climax be verbal and whoopi delivers it . i be still not clear if it be the conversation when she inform tom which college tom two be go to or when she release it and all in the middle of the night and tom wake up . nevertheless and the denouement be great . you know that life on that street will never be the same . my favorite kind of character drive flick represent people go through problem and some pain and do their dance and they grow and they change and and life go on . a an audience member and i may learn something or be inspire .