Movie Name: Fruitvale Station “Powerful and heartbreaking. The kind of film that sticks with you after you've seen it. Start of Jordan-Coogler partnership as actor-director. This biodrama doesn’t rely on inspirational stories, or real-life heroes it takes a tragic event and simply uses it for a simple, considerate drama. While the finale is devastating and works, Fruitvale Station is far from being the perfect movie.” SharpRatings: 7 - #Good I love good biodrama, especially if its based on some controversial event. #FruitvaleStation is based on the shooting of #OscarGrant at the Fruitvale station by officers. This retells the last day of Oscar played by #MichaelBJordan, as grant’s relationship with his mother, wife, friends, and daughter. Mostly Fruitvale Station works as a sympathetic drama that proves vital for Oscar Grant legacy. I always wondered where did it go right for Michael B Jordan as an actor. Fruitvale Station is the perfect stop for that, while he played a huge part in the #Chronicle, I believe this is where his career really kicked off. Jordan is really a talented and versatile actor his range is not only shown in Fruitvale Station but throughout his filmography. He takes it seriously, as Oscar Grant. Proving that extra zing to the role, I believe he made me feel for Oscar Grant more than Oscar Grant himself. The final moments are thoroughly a masterpiece, I cannot give enough credit to filmmaker #RyanCoogler, who integrated touchy drama so attractively. Like Jordan, I wondered same for Coogler. For both Fruitvale Station is amongst best and really hit their career start. Coogler opts to actors to deliver the performance with their talents, the script and dialogues aren’t impactful as we wished for but there are moments and scenes created with extra care that leaves the impact of their own. The film foreshadows the tragic event throughout the day of Grant in the movie. The scene with the dog is one classic example of that and yes it is manipulative and tries a little too hard to win over our sympathies. A mistake that a newcomer like Ryan Coogler can correct as he continues to grow as a promising filmmaker. Even at his weakest point, Coogler has delivered one of his best. I also agree with the fact that there is probably nothing true about the events that took place during that day other than the tragic outcome at the station which was recreated very well considering the authentic footage I've seen from the incident. But I do have to defend Coogler here because in a way I think we all tend to put a halo on the people we love once they are gone remembering the good things about them and not so much on the negative aspects. Overall Fruitvale Station doesn’t contain over the top special effects and big Hollywood blockbuster cinematography, it's dirty and gritty, its rare biographical movie that holds its impact till the end. Fruitvale Station isn't trying to make Oscar Grant out to be some kind of martyr on the war on racism. It's simply trying to bring to people's attention a young man with his whole life ahead of him. A life that was taken from him and his family over the fatally poor choice of another man. Kudos to Ryan Coogler to keep it very very simple. Bonus Michael B. Jordan. Coogler’s direction. Touchy drama.