Something Is Killing Tate (Something Is Killing Tate) (2008)

Although putting down a movie as weirdly good-intentioned as "Something is Killing Tate" incites guilt in me, the truth must be told, so here goes. This film, an unholy mix of earnesty, melodrama, and blaxploitation cheesiness, comes up with a hodge-podge of issues- suicide, rape, child abuse, alcoholism, adultery, and childhood disabilities- dials them up to the extreme, and expects to be taken s... read more