Quartile rating: 7/10 · 1 rating
A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life.
Black or White is carried almost entirely by Kevin Costner's committed central performance, which elevates what is otherwise a fairly conventional custody drama touching on race and grief. The film's narrative beats follow a predictable courtroom-drama arc without much structural surprise, and the visual style is workmanlike at best. The racial dynamics give it some thematic weight, but the handling is uneven and occasionally heavy-handed. The resolution is serviceable without being particularly resonant or memorable.