Disappearing Acts (2000)

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

best movie i've ever seen.

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

I thought this movie was very well written and plotted out. Here you have two characters that are dealing with real issues. Here we have Zora trying to get her music career off the ground. Working as a music teacher and trying to fulfill her dream. The object of her desire Franklin is a high school drop out doing construction work. Franklin is married and has two teenage sons an does not tell Zora about it until in the middle of the relationship. Once their love affair begins to come together things begin to happen that makes them split up and have to achieve their goals on their own and come back together an work on their relationship. This is the type of the movie you watch when your home alone or with the person your in love with. A very movie an i would recommend people to either rent it or buy it for their movie collection.

This movie was good but Zora and Frankin should have been more supportive towards each other. At first Franklin helps her move, the next minute they having sex up against the refrigerator. Then Frankin finally tells her that he's still married and has two kids. Which doesn't matter to Zora because she claims she still loves him. Till things started getting rough for Zora and Frankin. Zora had a baby on the way with her music career on the line and Franklin is now unemployed. The situation left Zora vulnerable and learning Franklin is becoming irresponsible all she had to ride on was her music career. To which it didn't fall through. Zora started to realize that Franklin was becoming a burden and told him to leave. In the beginning Franklin told her that work for him wasn't steady and he had few opportunities because he never finished school. Although he landed a union job and took the risk of losing it because of alcohol drinking. But when he did landed the job he wanted a little affection,and she was at the time thinking about herself. Both of them didn't support each other's interest,and that's what caused them to fall short of their dreams. They never really got to know each other. They only grew infatuated with how great they made each other felt in bed. Neither of them discuss their future together and their plans for the baby. But at the end of the movie Franklin shows up at Zora's door to see the baby. She seems reluctant to let him in,though she did and they told each other that they finally reached their goals. As Franklin was leaving she invites him back. Truly a happy ending,but this is an example of becoming lovers before anything else.

It's not often you can sit and watch a movie that deals with real life situations and the writer and director present the script to the viewer in a believable fashion. But this movie was well done and a well thought out script. Wesley and Sanaa played off each other's character well. The background songs for various scenes were "on the money." I even found myself shouting, "Don't do it!" to Frankie (Wesley) in the most critical moment during the hammer smashing scene. I know, it's just a movie. But I love it when the creators of a movie can get me and my emotions involved. It's then when I feel they've created an excellent movie.I'm glad that the characters, Franklin and Zora (Sanaa) were allowed to be real. Both had dreams and desires. Both had obstacles to overcome. Trying to obtain those goals while maintaining a new relationship, we found, can be difficult.It received a resounding 10 from me. I definitely recommend this movie.

The story of two mismatched star-crossed lovers that try to make it all work until... Real love, Real life a sub theme of the movie tells the story. As has been showing up in the movies lately a great trend of showing the realities of middle class African Americans without the violence or gang nature of past films. The movie was a very good depiction of the bestseller novel of the same name written by Terry McMillian. As in her other movie depictions the sub-characters are 1-dimensional but the main characters are fully 3-dimensional. Wesley Snipes and Sanaa Lathan captured fully the spirit of Franklin Swift and Zora Banks of the book. They each turned them into visual believable characters that we had praise and sympathy for.Thanks to HBO and Wesley's Amen Ra Productions we now have another African American love story. Love Jones lead the way and it took almost 3 years for Love and Basketball to follow. We want more!!!!Sanaa Lathan continues to delight her fans by creating characters that are so real and approachable. She knows how to woo you in. The girl has skills, acting skills that is. This was a good vehicle for her sophomore leading role. Her commanding control of subtle use of facial expressions, sighs and body language are perfect for a part that calls for conveyance of thoughts without language. Again as in Love and basketball Sanaa goes beyond the basic 9-5 operation of the job, she put on 20 lbs for the role. (And still looked fabulous) This truly shows her dedication to her craft and desire to give her best. She again teams with director Gina Prince-Bythewood. I am officially classifying them as the "Dynamic Duo for the African American Woman in Film." Keep up the excellent work ladies, looking forward to your next project.Wesley Snipes gave us another side of himself as well. I found more passion and venerability in this character than his Jungle Fever or Mo Better romantic characters. Clearly his line: `The love was always real Z. It still is so there is no bad timing' was the best line of the movie. It gave us hope for a new and improved relationship for Franklin and Zora.