Atwone Fisher

11/10! MUST WATCH. A riveting and touching story that had me teary eyed the whole way through.

Enjoyed this movie. It's a classic must have. Denzel and Derek💥

During our personal development, it is connectedness to family, tribe, and community that gives us the sense of identity we use to go out in the world and build the critical inter-personal relationships with other individuals that give meaning to our lives. The beauty of Fisher's screenplay is the story of a young man who must struggle, without those essential building blocks, to first construct a critical interpersonal relationship with his doctor in order to then find missing wider connectedness with family, tribe, and community, and to replace with a sense of identity what was disconnection and anger. It is no accident that the story is set against the backdrop of military life. Too often, stories about Service life are about combat and the bonds formed under its strain. The reality is that peace-time prevails. And in the male dominated world of the military, the relationships men form with other men--full of intense bonding and love of the nonromantic kind--become the connections that resonate with them for the rest of their lives. Washington's character, the physician, is also dealing with personal issues; and it is his evolving relationship with patient that makes him, by his own admission, a better individual and healer. Is this film a story of personal courage; human connectedness; identity; or of a loving relationship? It is all of these, but mostly the story of a young man who discovers in one such loving relationship the strength to go out in the world and find family, place, and self. Antwone Fisher is told with an intelligence, emotionalism, and humility that should resonate with all viewers regardless of culture, sex, age, or military service. If the film doesn't emotionally connect with you on any level, you ought to check your pulse, because you may just not have a heart. Though it received a long list of awards, the film did not garner even one Oscar nomination, including screenplay, which is a stunning indictment of the Academy Awards. The Academy may not have agreed, but the film's outstanding critical and popular reviews affirm that Antwone Fisher is a triumphant cinematic experience not to be missed.

I saw this movie when it first came out in the theaters. There are many parts I tuned out because I had a similar background. No my mother did not have me in prison, but she did place me in an orphanage at age 3 and never came back for me. Like Antwone, I felt unloved, abandoned, and very much alone. I was raised by nuns and went into a foster home similar to Antwone's at the age of 11. I had not dealt with my own background the first time watching this, but I have within the last few years. So I cried when he confronted his foster Mother and his molester! I applaud him for it. That took courage! If you were raised in a loving home you may wonder if foster families really do abuse their foster children. Unfortunately, many do and I can attest to that! When he met his mother for the first time, I remember how my mother reacted after not seeing me for 13 years. No emotion! I felt his anguish. But how sweet he was to have kissed her on the cheek. I think he was much better off without her. It was her loss. What a gem he turned out to be. Anyone would love to call him their son. This movie so very good it brought out many emotions in me. Loved the ending, it was something too that I would always dream of as a child. But luckily, by the Grace of God I have a loving family now.

When I say I love this movie. I love this movie. This man had so much anger and trauma built up inside of him and when he found someone that would actually listen to him about it and look at that man as if he was his father to him. Such a great movie. Go Navy!!

This movie made me cry several times. The story is so very moving, well told, well acted and directed. Not certain why I have only watched it now, for the first time. Your heart will ache, as you watch him growing up in the foster system. This beautiful child; abandoned, neglected and abused. As an adult he is so full of rage , he could not get out of his own way. Antwone did not allow himself to remain a victim, he learned and continued to grow. The psychiatrist who helped him process all his anger and move toward the light, arrived at the right time in Antwone's life, before he lost it all.

**** This movie was a great viewing experience, based on a true story. It is about how childhood abuse and abandonment affects the life and career of a Navy enlisted man, especially in the area of anger. It is a little painful to watch at times, because as Antwone Fisher (beautifully played by Derek Luke) remembers his pain, you also experience it in a way. Ultimately, however, the effect is not dark but inspirational. The movie is about how Antwone struggles to be strong and to overcome his past---this struggle, to one degree or another, is one we all can identify with. The acting was wonderful and the writing was also. The special features that came on the DVD version I bought (widescreen version) included information and a feature about the real Antwone Fisher. After he left the Navy, he was a security guard. A producer discovered his background, believed in him, and supported him in writing the screenplay himself. So the film is especially poignant in that it was written by the man who experienced it, one who does not have a writing background or college degree, yet who writes movingly, realistically, and wonderfully. Although the subject is serious, the film does not leave you with a depressing feeling, but encouraged and uplifted about the human experience. I would have given it five starts, but I save that rating for "great" movies; although this movie was not great, it was moving and very worthwhile to watch and own. ****

My husband had not seen it. Spoiler alert.. ! And so much of it is left over from years of punishment (or slavery), followed by years of poverty and trying to catch up to the white man, socioeconomically. Denzel Washington's character is a psychiatrist. He gives Antoine Fisher a book about discipline and slavery and how abuse rolls down throughout the years. I need to go back and see what the name of the book was. He had a very TOUGH childhood, (at times- hard to watch). And yet..this brave man (Antoine) beat the odds! Came out happy, even.. but only with help of D. Washington's character. A therapist who showed sympathy, tough truths and guidance. Abuses are still there, today, I am sure. But this wonderful young man MADE it! My only hope is that other victims can do the same, (in their world). I Loved it! So did my macho husband. It reminds me of ' Good Will Hunting ' , starring Robin Williams and Matt Damon.

Storia drammatica ben interpretata da Denzel Washington, molto profonda e che tratta disagi di un uomo cresciuto solo e maltrattato che trova nello psicologo un punto di riferimento.

deze film is er een aanrader.

One of my top ten films of all time. When I finished watching this movie, I just couldn't understand why it didn't get the recognition it thoroughly deserves. Denzel Washington made his directorial debut (is there anything that this excellent actor can't achieve?); and you would have thought that Derek Luke had acted all of his life - and this was his first big screen role. This unusual tale, and acted in unusual surroundings, sets us on an emotional roller coaster from beginning to end. On all fronts an accomplished film ... GO GET IT!

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The violent and rebel twenty-five years old sailor Antwone Fisher (Derek Luke) is sent to three sessions for evaluation with the navy psychiatrist Dr. Jerome Davenport (Denzel Washington), after another outburst and aggression against a superior ranked navy man. Reluctant in the beginning of the treatment, he gets confidence in Dr. Davenport and discloses his childhood, revealing painful traumas generated in his foster house. Meanwhile, he meets Cheryl Smolley (Joy Briant), and they fall in love for each other. Resolving his personal problems, Antwone becomes a new man. This true familial drama is a touching and positive story of a man who finds a friend and is sent back to a regular life. The direction of Denzel Washington is excellent, making sensitive, attractive and with good taste, a story about child abuse.