Movie Review Morris From America 2016 Film

As if being a slightly overweight 13-year-old with a single dad isn’t complicated enough, the title character in Morris From America is also the only African-American kid in the provincial town of Heidelberg, Germany, where his father works. Though another character study about outsiders from writer-director Chad Hartigan — after 2013’s This is Martin Bonner, about a middle-aged Australian father in Reno — this feature skews younger and as a result is a lot bouncier and ups the sweetness factor, even despite the frequent use of adult language (mostly due to the protagonist’s age-inappropriate infatuation with explicit rap lyrics). Mostly lighthearted and, especially in its closing reels, rather clichéd, the character-driven film nonetheless manages to gently resist the temptation to turn into a full-throttle and heart-warming crowdpleaser, which means niche biz is more likely than a huge commercial breakout.

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