have develop a critical eye for film and and a love for good cinema and i go to see antwone fisher with my breath symbolically hold . while i be an unabashed fan of denzel washington both of his skill a an actor and of his public persona while i be an honest enough fan to admit the ( very few ) time when he hasn not quite hit the mark in a film or two . and i could be wrong about those after all and i be not an actor . but this be different denzel would pour his career experience into and and guide and a film handle one of the most sensitive topic know to man the abuse of a child . a his directorial debut and no less . and develop the film to point that it would successfully present the triumph of a man . i do not want to be disappoint . and i wasn not . what i do see be a film full of promise that connect diverse audience and and give the inexperienced viewer a brief and but truthful eye into the life of a young man whose childhood be a living hell and but who triumph despite it all . this film do it and nary a dry eye of any color in the theatre prove it . it take someone to know the topic in this film to know when truth be present . it take a talented filmmaker to tell you the story convincingly when you haven not experience it . and if he can far draw an audience in and and cause an audience to emotionally respond and without pity and the filmmaker have do his job . in any film . black and white and purple or polka dot . that be what make good cinema . bravo and denzel washington and derek luke and joy bryant and most of all and antwone fisher you have indeed win .