Southside with You

2016

Action / Biography / Drama / History / Romance

36
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 71% · 159 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 71% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 10325 10.3K

barack obama chicago, illinois biography first date 1980s

Plot summary

Chronicles a single day in the summer of 1989 when the future president of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady on an epic first date across Chicago's South Side.

Director

Richard Tanne Photo
Richard Tanne

Top cast

Phillip Edward Van Lear Photo
Phillip Edward Van Lear as Fraser Robinson
Parker Sawyers Photo
Parker Sawyers as Barack Obama
Donald Paul Photo
Donald Paul as Bow Tie
Tika Sumpter Photo
Tika Sumpter as Michelle Robinson
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
614.6 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
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1.27 GB
1920*800
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by subxerogravity 7 / 10

Very romantic story about the president and his first lady

When I saw the trailer a few mouths back I knew I had to see it. It was just about a random women preparing to go out with a college from work, then you discover she's Michelle Robinson and her colleague is Barack Obama.It was the best first date every caught on picture. I like the fact that I feel I did not learn anything new about the President of the United States. Southside with You has taken the man I've seen for the past 8 years and put that personality on celluloid accurately to what I already know. There was no surprise coming as Barack explain to Michelle his anger towards his father, his upbringing before college, and where he wants his life to go. Brilliantly played by Parker Sawyers, Barry O is easy to parody, but Sawyers was able to really capture the man without doing that.What I also liked about the movie is what it told me about Michelle Robinson, a strong black woman also trying to find her way in life. Not satisfied with where her life is going and knowing she wants more out of it. Tika Sumpter did a good job show casing a career orientated woman focus on being more than just the black woman at her law firm and feeling a relationship with Obama would change that. Making her stand offish at first to his natural charm.It's funny. It's a tale as old as time: boy likes girl, girl's not having it, boy tricks girl into date, girl keeps saying it's not a date, and boy has to put on the charm in order to win girl's heart. However, the two people they chose to tell this tale on bring a flavor to it that's uncanny.Very quiet, but well structured. Not nearly as impactful as the two people it's about, but real good portrait of a iconic love affair.http://cinemagardens.com
Reviewed by kz917-1 5 / 10

Barack attempts to woo Michelle

The viewer is a fly on the wall and along for the ride on Barack Obama's and Michelle Robinson's first date. A different look into the romantic side of Barack and Michelle's relationship. Michelle certainly took some convincing according to the movie. Great moments and quotes of Barack. I only wonder how factual it is and what the couple former president and former first lady think of it.
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