Let's face it. The Obamas are not particularly interesting people. Not that there is anything wrong with that. She's from a middle class background and he's upper middle class. They didn't overcome odds. They were born smart and good looking.
Their ideas on the world are at the level of undergraduate college sophomores finding themselves. Even when they were in the White House.
He's a clever guy who is reasonably tall, slim, and confident, and he feels guilty or inauthentic, because he comes from wealth on a beautiful island resort. So he moves to an inner city, co-opts a housing project, buys a beat up car, and makes some speeches about how to access public services.
She's smart, ambitious, and feels some general need to crusade for race and gender, while deep-down knowing that personal discipline is the key to success.
While a community center might be nice in a poor neighborhood, it's hardly a pressing issue. The public library is always available. Meanwhile, he is not even from that neighborhood.
She doesn't seem the slightest bit attracted to him in this movie, and that may be true to life. Because you get the sense that she's not much into dating anyone. Not everyone is animated by boy/girl interests.
My favorite scene was when he described the intensity of his former relationship, and she admitted that she had never experienced anything like that. He had allowed himself to live and love. She was more guarded.
You never get a sense of why he likes her. He doesn't explain. Was it physical, or some sort of admiration, or the challenge? Perhaps I missed that part.
I like the way real conversation was handled here. Although I don't find anything sexy about people who constantly disagree or one-up each other while they psycho-analyze one another. I don't want my date to be about convincing the other person on every little thing.
But forgetting the date aspect, since she was saying that it wasn't a date, the conversation was calm, without interruption, and thoughtful. If this was not about famous people, I may still have taken an interest, simply due to the lead male actor's charisma as Mr. Obama, but it wouldn't grab most people.
It was short and nothing really happens.
Their ideas on the world are at the level of undergraduate college sophomores finding themselves. Even when they were in the White House.
He's a clever guy who is reasonably tall, slim, and confident, and he feels guilty or inauthentic, because he comes from wealth on a beautiful island resort. So he moves to an inner city, co-opts a housing project, buys a beat up car, and makes some speeches about how to access public services.
She's smart, ambitious, and feels some general need to crusade for race and gender, while deep-down knowing that personal discipline is the key to success.
While a community center might be nice in a poor neighborhood, it's hardly a pressing issue. The public library is always available. Meanwhile, he is not even from that neighborhood.
She doesn't seem the slightest bit attracted to him in this movie, and that may be true to life. Because you get the sense that she's not much into dating anyone. Not everyone is animated by boy/girl interests.
My favorite scene was when he described the intensity of his former relationship, and she admitted that she had never experienced anything like that. He had allowed himself to live and love. She was more guarded.
You never get a sense of why he likes her. He doesn't explain. Was it physical, or some sort of admiration, or the challenge? Perhaps I missed that part.
I like the way real conversation was handled here. Although I don't find anything sexy about people who constantly disagree or one-up each other while they psycho-analyze one another. I don't want my date to be about convincing the other person on every little thing.
But forgetting the date aspect, since she was saying that it wasn't a date, the conversation was calm, without interruption, and thoughtful. If this was not about famous people, I may still have taken an interest, simply due to the lead male actor's charisma as Mr. Obama, but it wouldn't grab most people.
It was short and nothing really happens.