The Inspection

2022

Action / Drama

17
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 91% · 141 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 91% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 6158 6.2K

friendship homophobia marine lgbt semi autobiographical lgbt in the military

Plot summary

Ellis French is a young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside. But even as he battles deep-seated prejudice and the grueling routines of basic training, he finds unexpected camaraderie, strength, and support in this new community, giving him a hard-earned sense of belonging that will shape his identity and forever change his life.

Director

Elegance Bratton Photo
Elegance Bratton

Top cast

Gabrielle Union Photo
Gabrielle Union as Inez French
Eman Esfandi Photo
Eman Esfandi as Ismail
Bokeem Woodbine Photo
Bokeem Woodbine as Laws
Nicholas Logan Photo
Nicholas Logan as Brooks
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872.88 MB
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1 hr 34 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 7 / 10

French" (Jeremy Pope) is an itinerant gay man

"French" (Jeremy Pope) is an itinerant gay man who, estranged from his prison office mother "Inez" (Gabrielle Union), has concluded that the only way to stop himself becoming subsumed into an underworld of drugs, disease and most likely death, is to join the US Marines. Having failed at just about everything else, his mother is somewhat sceptical, but to bootcamp he goes where he encounters the stereotypically brutish gunnery sergeant-major "Laws" (Bokeem Woodbine). It's all based on a true story directed and adapted from his own story by Elegance Bratton, so jeopardy here there isn't. That said, Pope and Woodbine are both on good form as the former runs the gamut of a tough training regime coupled with a prejudice against his sexuality that proves distinctly dangerous. His trainer offers him nothing by way of support or sympathy, intent on instilling the most primitive of "survival of the fittest" mentalities amongst all of his recruits. It is a little procedural, but it's still an interesting tale from a man who resisted the temptations to jack it all in - and sends a clear message of perseverance and determination that does resonate to a certain, predictable, extent. Essentially, though, it's a television movie that doesn't really need a cinema screening and though watchable and important, it isn't a story that will linger in the memory for long afterwards, I'm afraid.
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Reviewed by RosanaBotafogo 8 / 10

Beautiful, filled with layers, reflecting...

Ellis French is a young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside. But even as he battles deep-seated prejudice and the grueling routines of basic training, he finds unexpected camaraderie, strength, and support in this new community, giving him a hard-earned sense of belonging that will shape his identity and forever change his life of it.Beautiful, filled with layers, reflecting the best and worst of military patriarchy, in a light way, while disciplining and welcoming, hurting and revolting... And the church, portrayed in the character of the mother, who tries to cure and exclude the son, as well as some religions... A beautiful, delicate and reflective biography... About second chances and choices we make during our life...
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