Jack Goes Confidential: ‘FENCES’ Promises—And Delivers!

It is not often that we are treated to this calibre of acting…

Adapted from August Wilson’s stage play where it won a Pulitzer prize as well as a Tony award, director Denzel Washington elevates FENCES to even greater heights.

It’s hard to imagine how Washington was able to direct himself as well as his co-star Viola Davis to this degree of excellence.

But believe me, it’s all up there on the big screen.

Set during the racially volatile 1950’s Washington plays a middle-age family man who was unable to fulfill his dream of become a major league baseball player who rides on the back of a garbage truck emptying trash barrels.

He’s been married to Davis for what seems like forever.

However now he’s been promoted to actually driving the truck—as his marriage begins to show cracks.

What happens next must be experienced by the serious moviegoer in a theater.

Suffice it to say Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress nominations are awaiting this cinematic showcase in the upcoming Academy Awards race.

Let’s not forget the excellent supporting players here including Stephen McKinley Henderson, Jovan Adepo, Russell Hornsby and others.

All were perfectly cast and directed for full impact.

The film takes place primarily in the couple’s Pittsburgh home and backyard. Hence an intimacy of superb proportions – it definitely has a stage feel.

Racial issues and how they were dealt with, not to mention a bombshell is dropped on us as the story progresses.

I guaranteed that it will have as much of an impact on you as it had on me.

I can’t relay enough praises about the powerful motion picture experience that6 awaits you.

FENCES—-grtading a solid A

Jack Goes To The Movies airs Fridays during Kansas City’s Morning News on 98.1 FM, KMBZ.