Movies like "Antwone Fisher" serve a noble purpose in that they tell true stories of strong-willed people who have overcome
obstacles. They are inspiring, and they tend to make you cry at the end. The downside is that they tend to seem the same after a while, especially since they always come out at this time of year. "Antwone Fisher" is as slickly produced and sentimental as its most recent predecessors, "A Beautiful Mind" and "Finding Forrester," with a lot of glossy emotion surrounding a few minutes of gritty realism, all underscored by a stirring soundtrack that goes heavy on the horns. I don't mean to say it's not good; just that it's nothing you haven't seen before. Antwone Fisher is a real person, and he wrote the screenplay about his own life. He is played in the film by newcomer Derek Luke, whose strident, shining performance is the movie's most admirable quality. It is hard not to like Antwone Fisher the character, even if "Antwone Fisher" the movie is not especially noteworthy.
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