The Least Among You
The 1960s were known as a time of civil unrest. Riots over civil rights and race were all too common place. The Least Among You which is loosely based on a true story takes place during this time period. Richard Kelly, played by Cedric Sanders, was caught up in the 1965 Watts riots. He was given a choice to go to jail or go on probation and attend an all-white seminary.
Kelly quickly realizes that all may not be what it seems at first. Teachers that should be helping him are instead harassing him. Samuel Benton, the gardener played by Louis Gossett, Jr., ends up being an unlikely mentor and friend to Kelly. Samuel helps him through the trials and tribulations that seem to plague every facet of his life.
I was prepared to really like this movie as it sounded like something that we would enjoy. Instead, both D and I just found it okay. It wasn’t one of those movies were we felt like we had wasted our time watching it, but it also wasn’t one that we would want to watch again.
The acting was fine, but the characters need to be fleshed out a bit more. The plot felt under developed, and the story seemed to skip around too much. While it wasn’t our favorite movie, I do believe that this type of movie can be useful to those interested in things that happened during the fight for civil rights in the 1960s.
The Least Among You is rated PG-13 for thematic content (drinking, smoking, groping of a woman…), violence, and some drug use, so it’s not really a family movie even though it is Dove family approved.
I received a copy of The Least Among You from BookSneeze to help facilitate the writing of this review. I received no monetary compensation for the writing of this honest review. All opinions are my own.
