The read
A Balasaur Score of 63 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 56%, Metacritic 51/100. Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do. Streaming on Netflix.
Synopsis
During World War II, the US Army's only all-Black, all-women battalion takes on an impossible mission: sorting through a three-year backlog of 17 million pieces of mail that hadn't been delivered to American soldiers and finish within six months.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes56%
Metacritic51/100
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
725 audience votes
Key crew
- Tyler PerryDirector
- Tyler PerryWriter
- Aaron ZigmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Kerry WashingtonCharity Adams
- Sam WaterstonFranklin Delano Roosevelt
- Susan SarandonEleanor Roosevelt
- Dean NorrisGeneral Halt
- Oprah WinfreyMary McLeod Bethune
- Ebony ObsidianLena Derriecott King
- Milauna JacksonCaptain Campbell
- Kylie JeffersonBernice Baker
- Shanice WilliamsJohnnie Mae (credited as Shanice Shantay)
- Pepi SonugaElaine White
- Sarah JefferyDolores Washington
- Jay ReevesPrivate Hugh Bell
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Themes
world war iiracial segregationbased on true storymoral courage1940sbased on magazine, newspaper or articleafrican american historyhuman dignityheartfeltwar dramau.s. armymilitary mission