Watch the trailer below, and keep an eye out for the film when it hits theaters August 26. “Southside With You stands as something unique, even audacious in American independent movies: a fact-based presidential ‘prequel’ that seeks to present two iconic world figures as convincing and relatable romantic leads,” a critic from Variety wrote of the film. Look Inside Barack And Michelle Obama’s First Date In New Trailer For ‘Southside With You’ The couple traverses their way through Chicago, stopping at an art institute fundraiser and the movie theater before winding up at an ice cream parlor. The movie, released by Miramax and Roadside Attractions, details Barack’s attempts to woo Michelle on their first date (though she repeatedly tells him that no, it is not a date). Movie Chronicling Michelle and Barack Obama’s First Date Opens to Rave Reviews at Sundance We have an exclusive first look at the poster for the film, which opened to rave reviews at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. At least they’ll have more time for date nights after November.If you’re half as excited as we are for Southside With You, the new flick chronicling the Obama’s first date, then we’re about to make your day. Even when he’s off duty, he still talks slowly and considers what he’s going to say next.”Īs we come to the end of the Obama era, a glimpse of their lives before the White House was made all the more bittersweet. Anything where I could see his relaxed swagger. “Anything I could find if him stopping in Martha’s Vineyard at store or when he voted once in Chicago. “I watched as many candid moments as I could,” he said. And not only does Sawyers look like Barack, he also has a knack for capturing the President’s mannerisms. He is tall and slender with a soft yet impactful voice. If Sumpter possesses a similar radiance to the first lady, Sawyers is a dead ringer for Barack Obama. Sawyers, however, fondly remembers splitting the check with his wife on their first date. “You know when you’re both just staring at the check? And then he had to go and I had to pick it up! Rude!” “I was left with the bill once,” she said of her worst experience. When it comes to her own first dates, they weren’t nearly as momentous. “If someone’s for you, it’ll happen the way it’s supposed to be.” “Never dim your light for anyone,” said Sumpter of what she learned from playing a stubborn Ms. Kudos to Sumter and Sawyers, who - in the way they depict everything from how Barack lights a cigarette to how Michelle defuses an argument - reveal both the strengths and the challenges of this relationship. Then, Barack brings Michelle to a community meeting where he makes one of those speeches that moves an entire nation to fall in love with him, not to mention his future wife - who up until that moment was still a skeptic. Southside with You is full of interesting dialog and discussions that really follow the natural arc of conversations. And despite knowing how it ends, Sumpter and Sawyers’ uncanny portrayals and Tanne’s thoughtful dialogue keeps you with them every step of the way.īased on primary source material, the Obamas’ first outing in 1989 began (after much cajoling on Barack’s part) with a trip to the Art Institute of Chicago to see an Afrocentric exhibit. Written and directed by Richard Tanne, Southside With You, which The Cinema Society premiered in New York City on Wednesday evening, is a moving portrait of the beginnings of America’s most powerful and steadfast couple. Michelle Obama, played by actress Tika Sumpter, is emphatic about this throughout most of the hour-and-twenty-four minute film chronicling her first whatever-you-want-to-call-it with a then 28-year-old Barack Obama, who is played by Parker Sawyers.
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