{"id":37489,"date":"2020-07-30T21:36:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T18:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tijuana-jackson-purpose-over-prison-review-a-lesser-mockumentary\/"},"modified":"2020-07-30T21:36:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T18:36:00","slug":"tijuana-jackson-purpose-over-prison-review-a-lesser-mockumentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tijuana-jackson-purpose-over-prison-review-a-lesser-mockumentary\/","title":{"rendered":"#\u2018Tijuana Jackson: Purpose Over Prison\u2019 review \u2014 A lesser mockumentary"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#\u2018Tijuana Jackson: Purpose Over Prison\u2019 review \u2014 A lesser mockumentary<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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July 30, 2020 |<\/span> 2:36pm <\/p>\n

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Running time: 93 minutes. Not rated.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\n Regina Hall is always extraordinary \u2014 even in projects that are mediocre.<\/p>\n

When the actress takes on comedies, such as the new \u201cTijuana Jackson: Purpose Over Prison\u201d and the much better \u201cSupport the Girls,\u201d she treats every line with the high-stakes seriousness of a breakup. Hall gives consistently real performances that are, as a result, really funny.<\/p>\n

Her muscular skill lifts the otherwise hard-to-believe \u201cTijuana Jackson,\u201d a meh-ckumentary about a foul-mouthed black ex-con who wants to become a motivational speaker. \u201cA life coach with a goon hand\u201d is his offensive tag line, which he says many, many times.<\/p>\n

Hall, who isn\u2019t in enough scenes, plays his parole officer, Cheryl, and provides the funniest part of the film: She smokes a joint while driving Tijuana (Romany Malco) around Florida to hunt for jobs. It\u2019s always a joy to watch a hardass let her hair down. The second-funniest bit of the movie is the frame: High school kids are making a 10-minute short film about Tijuana, who has been in a Miami clink for years. So we see his antics through the eyes of spoiled, upper-middle-class teens.<\/p>\n

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Romany Malco and Regina Hall.<\/span>Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From there, the plot, such as it is, is meandering, and the stereotypical humor is been there, done that. In an early scene in the prison, a counselor has a linguistics expert translate Tijuana\u2019s slang. That is a 40-year-old joke from \u201cAirplane!\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the directorial debut for Malco, who\u2019s acted in such comedies as \u201cThe 40-Year-Old Virgin\u201d and \u201cBlades of Glory.\u201d He also wrote the movie, edited it and stars. That work overload is probably why \u201cTijuana Jackson\u201d the film \u2014 and the performance \u2014 is so unfocused. Tijuana is arrogant, delusional and swears a lot, but he\u2019s not unique or eccentric enough to prop up a whole comedy.<\/p>\n

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Romany Malco<\/span>Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As an actor, Malco shines best in scenes with the character\u2019s dismissive family, particularly Momma (Lyne Odums) and his snide sister, Sharea (Tami Roman).<\/p>\n

When he arrives home from prison to a small house whose overgrowth is taller than he is, he tells the camera he\u2019s pumped for his welcome-home party.<\/p>\n

\u201cParty?!,\u201d Momma says. \u201cI\u2019m supposed to celebrate you getting out of jail and let the whole neighborhood know my son\u2019s \u2026 a felon!\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a moment with heat and laughs. The rest of Malco\u2019s movie is short on both.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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