Little Boxes (2017)

Mixed-race "intellectual" Brooklyn family moves across the country to Washington where Mrs. is on the tenure track as an art professor and Mr. is working on his next novel. But Washington state has plenty of culture shock for all.

I was happy with the family -- especially the black husband's exhausted acceptance of the pattern of racism followed quickly by "meet my black friend" when they find out he's supposed to be in the neighborhood after all. The problem was the shoehorning in of "Money Pit" type issues with the house and the added fun of their movers being weeks (I think?) late with their belongings. With some focus, this could've been something. Instead it felt like in trying to say a lot, we only got half-formed ideas.

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