i just saw this film last night at the denver film festival and do not think it be very good . from what i have read about the original play and that sound like it would have be the good version to see . the dialog in this film do not sound real to me . the character be not develop . i do not understand why the mother be so unhappy . i couldn not believe and or have sympathy for and the daughter choice . i do not buy the relationship between the black boy and the white boy at all . the part of the story about black woman family be more believable but still not explore enough . also and i think most chicagoans will have trouble with the veracity of some of the scene . i live all my life in chicago until two year ago and and i be sorry and white teenager do not hang out in the project . nor do their white father go there at night and hang around on roof top smoke cigarette .