That we know who they are and how the day will end adds an underlying ‘feel good’ layer to the story. They have serious moments as she explains the double whammy of being a lawyer who is Black and a woman in a predominately white male run organization and he judges her wrongly only to find out how strong she is really. Along the way they find out both little things-she doesn’t like pie but does like chocolate ice cream-and big things-his 2 year affair with a white woman-and watch them fall in love as they question each other, and themselves, as to who they are. We spend the day and evening with them as they walk, talk, have a sandwich in the park, go to that art exhibit, eventually go to the meeting which makes her look at him in a different light and go for a couple of drinks and then to see Spike Lee’s “Do The Right Thing”. Michelle feels it would be wrong to go on a date with a summer intern at the firm where she is his adviser. Almost from the beginning of the film to the end she insists it is not a ‘date’ though it seems to be just that as he had picked her up way too early to go to the meeting and instead suggests they go see an art exhibit. We meet Michelle Robinson and Barack Obama as they get ready for him to pick her up and take her to a meeting that she is interested in. How true the events we see taking place are, how real the dialogue is or the imagination of the screenwriter really doesn’t matter as both feel real. “Southside With You” is a movie only for romantics and/or a date night movie and I being in the former category loved it for many reasons starting with it has been awhile since Hollywood has made an understated love story that is sweet, “Southside With You” is a movie only for romantics and/or a date night movie and I being in the former category loved it for many reasons starting with it has been awhile since Hollywood has made an understated love story that is sweet, touching, at times funny and is about two people we think we know.
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