My quick rating - 7,4/10. Another Best Picture nominee for #Oscars2022 which you can check out on Amazon by clicking the poster below. Now halfway through the lineup this year, we have the story of The Williams sisters grandiose after, Richard played perfectly by Will Smith. He is also nominated for best actor and is very well deserving. I found it a nice change of pace watching a bio-pic that is dealing with a subject I have grown up watching as well. If you weren't paying attention throughout on ESPN, Richard was a very overbearing father who basically decided that his two daughters were going to be the biggest stars in tennis. So he set out to personally train them to be good enough to then move onto professional training. But everything was always on his terms on how things happened which leads to hitting some humor at times while other times drama. His eccentric ways were what defined his kids to become the superstars they are now. In a way, this almost let the door open for a sequel, not really for Richard Williams but to continue the story as to what happened with Serena since the main focus here is on Venus. The family interactions are all well filmed and completely believable throughout that should entertain the masses including those that really don't care about tennis. The story itself is very basic so there aren't any twists and turns. Just a solid film about true human emotion that tells how these two superstars were raised and might give some insight into how it all actually happened.
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