Movie Review: Black or White Has Big Ideas But Not Much Humanity

"Black or White" is a movie with a message. It's based on actual events that occurred in the life of the film's writer and director, Mike Binder, a native of Detroit.

"Black or White" is a movie with a message. It's based on actual events that occurred in the life of the film's writer and director, Mike Binder, a native of Detroit.

“Selma” wasn't the only film about race to get short shrift from Oscar voters this past year. “Black or White” is a frank, touching and very well-acted melodrama about child custody and cultural perceptions of “blackness” and “the race card,” and could

The movie, written and directed by Mike Binder (“The Upside of Anger”) and co-starring Octavia Spencer as a grandmother battling her granddaughter's white grandfather (Costner) over custody, has a mere 31 percent approval rating from the 52 critics 

"Black or White" is a movie with a message. It's based on actual events that occurred in the life of the film's writer and director, Mike Binder, a native of Detroit.