Been lurking but I liked the ending. Made me think about the nature of family and what we think of as a society of being a functional set up.
By the end, despite everything, the family who were deemed not good enough to take care of Kiri were coming together, there was a repairing of the relationship between Nate and his Dad on the horizon and them embracing the culture that they’d maybe been forced to reject previously (the “I’m black and I’m proud” chant outside the prison). Meanwhile the family that were deemed to be better than them with their perfect house and nice set up we’re actually fractured and dysfunctional in lots of ways.
Plus the whole storyline had hinged on prejudice about race (and perhaps social status) and actually Jim proved he had been prejudiced all along: the way he talked about Kiri when he confessed to Simon was that essentially they were doing this black “drug baby” a favour taking her in. So perhaps Miriam was correct in encouraging a relationship for Kiri and her birth family because maybe actually Jim didn’t have her best interests at heart. Maybe neither of the adoptive parents did: was she just filling a hole that they hadn’t been able to fill with a biological sibling for Simon? Actually was Simon and Kiris relationship the most loving and functional amongst them?
I didn’t love it as much as National Treasure but that was a truly exceptional piece of work in my opinion and this was still very, very good. And it got me thinking which I always appreciate. Definitely enjoyed and think it was worth my time.