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Rated: R; Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance; With: Joe Morton and Larenz Tate; Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures
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By Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Ty Burr is a writer at large for EW and is no relation to Raymond or Aaron

Set in a black upper-middle-class enclave on Martha's Vineyard, Mass., in 1976, Inkwell tracks gentle 16-year-old Drew (Tate) as he veers among rowdy pals, a stuck-up teen princess, and the lonely wife down the beach. Right, it's ''Summer of '42'' told from an African-American perspective, but at least the cast is likable. Too bad director Matty Rich coaches them to ham every last nuance out of their dialogue; what could have been a touching coming-of-age tale ends up as bogus as the Afro wigs on all the guys.


Posted Oct 07, 1994
 

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