Who are the actors in the movie Disappearing Acts?
Disappearing Acts is a 2000 romantic drama directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, and stars Sanaa Lathan and Wesley Snipes. The film is an adaptation of the New York Times best-selling novel Disappearing Acts by Terry McMillan and originally aired on HBO on December 9, 2000.
Is the movie Disappearing Acts based on a true story?
The film is an adaptation of the New York Times best-selling 1989 novel Disappearing Acts by Terry McMillan and originally aired on HBO on December 9, 2000. Zora Banks ( Sanaa Lathan) moves from Manhattan to her newly renovated brownstone in Brooklyn. Franklin ( Wesley Snipes) is polishing the floors in what will be her new apartment.
What do you think about disappearing acts?
The problem with Disappearing Acts is that it moved too fast. And there is hardly any chemistry between Sanaa Lathan and Wesley Snipes. Sanaa is great as Zora. But Wesley is hardly believable as Franklin. There were a gazillion other black actors out there that would've portrayed the character more true to life than Wesley Snipes.
What makes Disappearing Acts a romantic comedy?
Underneath the wisecracks, the idiotic behavior, and the foolish misunderstandings that qualify McMillan’s novel as a romantic comedy there is a serious exploration of the nature of human relationships. It is never easy for one person to love another; when two people differ as much as the lovers in Disappearing Acts, it is particularly difficult.
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Who wrote disappearing acts?
Terry McMillanDisappearing acts / AuthorTerry McMillan is an American novelist. Her work centers around the experiences of Black women in the United States. Wikipedia
What is the book Disappearing Acts about?
Disappearing Acts is a love story about Franklin and Zora who are two people deeply damaged by previous relationships. Despite their unhappy and unfulfilling pasts they fall in love fast and hard and McMillian explores the varied phases of a relationship: from the day everything is perfect to the day reality sinks in.
Storyline
Zora Banks is a school teacher and aspiring singer hoping to become a successful star while taking a break from heartache. Franklin Swift is a down-on-his-luck construction worker and not-quite divorced father of two hoping to start his own business.
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Snipes and Lathan portray lovers in this film, whereas 2 years prior in the film Blade (1998) they portray mother and son.
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Movie Info
Zora Banks (Sanaa Lathan) is a would-be singer who pays her bills working as a New York City high school music teacher. Franklin Swift (Wesley Snipes) is a financially troubled, recently divorced builder with two young children. The two meet when Zora moves from Brooklyn to Manhattan and finds Franklin working on her apartment building.
Critic Reviews for Disappearing Acts
But, while Lathan and Snipes have decent chemistry, the film never quite gets us to root for these characters enough to keep the story from edging consistently toward the tiresome.
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So basically I've just read 474 pages chronicling the never ending cycle of abuse on behalf of Zora...
Who voices the disappearing acts?
Disappearing Acts is written as a series of monologues, some of them voiced by Zora and some by Franklin. The characters are so distinct that after the first two sections, McMillan does not even bother to head her chapters with the name of the speaker. Interestingly, she felt so strongly about this dual point of view that she changed publishers rather than change the structure of her book. When her editors pressured her to tell the entire story through Franklin’s eyes, McMillan switched to another publisher. Obviously, she felt that both viewpoints were essential to her story. From the enthusiasm with which critics and readers have received Disappearing Acts, it is clear that McMillan’s decision was the right one.
Is Disappearing Acts a romance?
Disappearing Acts has been called an urban romance. It is, in essence, simply another New York City love story, as funny as the best works of Neil Simon. Underneath the wisecracks, the idiotic behavior, and the foolish misunderstandings that qualify McMillan’s novel as a romantic comedy there is a serious exploration of the nature of human relationships.
