The plot was interesting enough I thought. Sure the acting was somewhat stiff, but the most APPALING element of this movie is how Tom (who is white) was villainized by the other characters to the point he felt the need to apologize profusely and beg for everyone's forgiveness for becoming suspicious and upset after his pregnant white wife gave birth to a black baby.
Keep in mind, their close family friend/colleague, Ron, is black, and he frequently makes himself at home at Tom's house even when Tom is not there. Also keep in mind Jen (Tom's wife) regularly spends time alone with Ron and sometimes talks to Ron about things she "can't talk to Tom about ".
These factors alone are more than enough to make any normal person suspicious, but then when the apparent 'explanation' for the black baby is finally revealed in the movie, Tom is suddenly villainized by both his wife and his friend Ron, and he's treated like a pathetic insecure lowlife who should be ashamed of himself for suspecting infidelity between the two of them.
This is LUDICROUS.
I am a black man, but I feel no sympathy AT ALL for Jen and Ron. If I had been Tom, I would have been EVEN MORE LIVID than he was. He had EVERY RIGHT to be furious and suspicious of Jen and Ron. The baby was born BLACK!?!
How could no one understand why Tom was upset? How could Jen act so 'hurt' by Tom's suspicions?
How could Ron act so 'offended' by Tom's questions? Any reasonable person would have felt the same way Tom did in that situation. I surely would have.
And by the way, we see in on scene, Jen and Ron appear to actually kiss on the lips one day while having lunch together without Tom. So there's that.
Keep in mind, their close family friend/colleague, Ron, is black, and he frequently makes himself at home at Tom's house even when Tom is not there. Also keep in mind Jen (Tom's wife) regularly spends time alone with Ron and sometimes talks to Ron about things she "can't talk to Tom about ".
These factors alone are more than enough to make any normal person suspicious, but then when the apparent 'explanation' for the black baby is finally revealed in the movie, Tom is suddenly villainized by both his wife and his friend Ron, and he's treated like a pathetic insecure lowlife who should be ashamed of himself for suspecting infidelity between the two of them.
This is LUDICROUS.
I am a black man, but I feel no sympathy AT ALL for Jen and Ron. If I had been Tom, I would have been EVEN MORE LIVID than he was. He had EVERY RIGHT to be furious and suspicious of Jen and Ron. The baby was born BLACK!?!
How could no one understand why Tom was upset? How could Jen act so 'hurt' by Tom's suspicions?
How could Ron act so 'offended' by Tom's questions? Any reasonable person would have felt the same way Tom did in that situation. I surely would have.
And by the way, we see in on scene, Jen and Ron appear to actually kiss on the lips one day while having lunch together without Tom. So there's that.