In the broad sweep the film is OK in very base terms but the biggest problem with it is evident from the very start. No, I came to the film because I like him as a screen presence and was happy to see this film for what it was a romantic drama. I want to be clear that, although I came to this film off the back of The Wire, I did not expect it to be of the same quality (or even the same genre) and I did not come to it with my mind made up or some sort of chip on my shoulder that Elba should only do projects that Wire fans somehow approve of in line with his brilliant turn as Stringer Bell. While she works with him she begins to fall for his charms despite the gulf in their social status. Monty is forced to go for custody to keep his girls but cannot get a lawyer and only a moment of kindness from Julia sees her take his case for free. His first day on the job brings disaster though as one of his daughters starts a fire, forcing him to take Julia to the hospital, getting him fired and social services handing his kids to their estranged mother (who lives with the local drug dealer). When his mother-in-law dies, Monty is left looking after his daughters and takes on extra work as a driver for young, pretty and very successful lawyer Julia. Monty is an honest black man working as a mechanic, financially supporting his three daughters who live with his ex-wife's mother.
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