The Courage to Love
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Movie Reviews of The Courage to Love
Movie Review: This is the first movie that try to tell the story of a
Summary: 4 Stars
very attractive and talented Creole woman named Henriette Delille, who chose the rigors of convent life over a very comfortable placage with a wealthy white benefactor who could gave her the world if she wants it. She saw the evil in placage and didn't want any part of it because it would be against God's law against living in sin. She seen it firsthand with her parents. Her father wanted out of it so he could marry a white woman in order to have legitimate offspring while her mother slowly goes insane not only of her lover's abandonment but also of her daughter's refusal to follow her footsteps in taking a white lover without being married.
All her life, Henriette deLille devoted her life to helping the poor and enslaved of Louisiana, even going against the authorities to do so. It's not an easy life to live but it's a purposeful one. One that emphasize a life of service and devotion to spiritual matters.
Vanessa L. Williams has done a great job in portraying Henriette Delille.
Movie Review: Courage to Love worth watching
Summary: 4 Stars
Courage to love provides a fascinating insight to a little known period in Louisiana's history. A period when free women of colour were groomed by their mothers for the sole purpose of finding a rich man to take care of them- though due to Louisiana law, were unable to marry. Venessa Williams gives a good performance as a "gens de colour." I highly recommend.Movie Review: Actually Much Better then Expected
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a wonderful movie certainly not the best that i have ever watched but it was much better then expected and overall entertaining. It is certainly worth watching and Venessa does a very fine acting job in this. I would grade it a A- Worth buyingMovie Review: Pretty good!
Summary: 4 Stars
I like Vanessa Williams' acting anyway. I think she did a great job! The plot was pretty good, although the movie could have been a little longer. For that, I give it 4 stars.Movie Review: So-so at best
Summary: 1 Stars
This is one of those movies that extoll the lives of the religious in a totally unrealistic and boring fashion. Not that I have anything against religiously-inclined people - it's just that the portrayal of them on screen is generally a snore. One can't help but get the impression from these epics that the individual turned to religion because they lacked a personality and have been totally de-humanized, sanitized and put through a blender. In real life, I would think the opposite would be true. I don't think it was yellow fever that killed off the populace, it was catatonia.
The acting is bland, the plot predictable and it strains credulity to ask us to believe that Ms. Williams - pushing 40 at the time, is capable of portraying someone 20-plus years younger. The scenes of her at the Creole version of a debutante ball are ludicrous. Sorry, but the wrinkles kind of blow the look. And make-up doesn't disguise the fact that Diahann Carroll, who was 65 at the time, is trying to pull the same stunt. Both ladies have been great singers and actresses in other productions but maybe it's time to pass the baton or at least find something congruent with their age. Hi-def is a career killer when it comes to close-ups.
Additionally, Vanessa Williams was listed as a producer - it's sort of sad when the only time you can get a part is when you pay for the production. This would have been much better if Williams had played the mother and mentored any number of younger actresses in the title role.