guadalupe_cantor-gasca I liked this movie because it was a little better than the book. The reason why i liked this movie was because i am a visual learner. The movie showed more stuff than the book like for example how they specified when ruth went to the lady for the abortion. The book said something totally different like they were going to do the abortion at mama's kitchen. Some other differences were how walter didn't take ruth to the movies. In the book walter took ruth to the movies but in the movie walter didn't do that. Overall i like the movie and the book was okay too.

david_tamayo-sanchez I liked the movie because of the plots and the twists that were almost accurate to the movie were entertaining especially Joseph Asagai he was amusing in various ways. I thinks this movie can be enjoyed by every age but there are parts that I don't like the parts of Ruth and Walter kissing in some scenes, overall I would rate this movie 8/10 stars would recommend to those who want to see a movie about a family that was still during the time of racism and danger for colored people "Not to be racist".

mgr81760 I can't remember enjoying a film so much of recent. I thought "Raisin in the Sun", was superb.The central point in this film is about a man's relationship with himself, thus the opening lines from the poem. Walter Lee Younger is 35 years old, stuck in a rut, feeling like he's never had that opportunity to break out and see what he can do to make his mark in the world. The people in his life, though dearly loved, are holding him back...he feels it, but how do you say to your wife, to your sister living with you, even to the son you are raising that they are the reason you're not getting a chance to live your own life?And when your wife gets pregnant again, and you realize yet another chain is to be added, even if your first instinct would never be for an abortion, when the chance is offered...can you really speak against it?That this film represents a black man's experience at a particular time in a particular place is aside of the point. What is important is how, and if, any man works through that wall, and what kind of man emerges. Not all men who feel that way live in tenements, not all are chauffeurs, but it's an experience a lot of men in the middle and lower classes face.And what makes the film work is that though such bitterness must be repressed, it will leak out, and sour one's relationship with friends and family. In Walter's case, a windfall offers him an out, and he has to balance his own needs against the interests of his family.The acting in this film was very good. I don't know why people are so rough on Sean Combs. I've never seen him in anything, film, music or whatever, being a bit beyond his demographic, but the reality is that he did an excellent job in expressing the constant, simmering anger of a man feeling increasingly trapped in his own life. The Walters of the world don't spend all their time emoting in loud fashion. Rather it slips out, to paraphrase Ruth: she just doesn't know what's the matter, she just knows that it's no longer right. I think Combs is the victim of two things here: first, some folks' initial exposure to Poitier and their consequent nostalgia for his performance, and also a certain degree of snobbery that someone like P Diddy or whatever he calls himself should ever dare aspire to a role of such exceeding difficulty.But for myself, I thought he did really well.Of the three women, Audra McDonald, playing Ruth, was far and away the best. She carried her role beautifully, from her usual quiet steadiness, through her rare emotional breakdown, to her zaniness upon finding that she's to have a real home...she was just great. Phylicia Rashad was also very good, if a little strong, and Beneatha had to play a side role that really didn't get a chance to develop a character.The other male characters were relatively weak...Oleyowe had a great accent, but Stamos was far too obvious in his role, not so much smooth in his covert bigotry but almost smarmy in his overt manner.All in all though, this is a film extremely well worth watching. The writing, as one might expect, is superb, and the acting almost invariably real and true.

les6969 This film start slowly and at times is a little dull but this is mainly due to the lacklustre performance of Mr Combes, P Diddy, Puffy whatever. Every other performance is superb and this is what carries the film, however as others have already commented, what could have been an excellent film, with someone else in the lead role, becomes just a good film and I would still recommend it for anyone to watch. Combes performance is just not believable, sure he is moody and unlikeable but you get the feeling that he struggles to move away from his real persona and slips too easily back into being a 90s rapper rather than a black man struggling in 1950s America. It might be worth noting that if you hate the modern trend for films to be littered with foul language, sex and violence then you will love this film because it stays true to the original play in this regard and has resisted the mistake many remakes have made of modernising it and alienating the family audience. So for many reasons I would recommend this film and just think it is a shame another, much better lead actor was not chosen for the main male role.