‘A Lot of Nothing’ Review: Mo McRae’s Directorial Feature Debut Takes on Police Killings
thewrap.comMo McRae’s face may be more recognizable than his name. As an actor for more than 20 years with over 60 credits and counting he’s worked steadily, appearing on TV and in film in such roles as Benjamin Berry in “The Flight Attendant,” Blip Sanders on the short-lived “Pitch,” and Gus Henderson in “Den of Thieves.” Now he’s moved behind the camera as the co-writer and director of “A Lot of Nothing,” his feature film debut.Officially, the film is about an uber-successful Black married couple whose perfect lives are knocked off kilter when they learn via the evening news that their cop neighbor, who is white, has killed a kid.
In a time where the police killings of Tyre Nichols in Memphis and George Floyd in Minneapolis are front of mind, they assume that the victim is Black and decide to get answers.
And that’s when everything goes wrong.In their professional lives, where they are essentially the only Black people in an overwhelmingly white environment, James and Vanessa (Y’Lan Noel and Cleopatra Coleman, respectively) are used to keeping their views to themselves.
They are never emotive. This police killing, coupled with living next door to the accused, hits differently. At some point, Vanessa decides she wants to get answers from the cop himself and that happens, essentially, against his will.
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