Justice Smith plays an artist who’s introduced to the titular organization, which is secret group of Black people who are assigned a troubled white person to help them deal with their issues, thus making life safer for Blacks. The film’s theme starts promisingly, but pretty rapidly ends up a hybrid of office politics and frustrated romance. The “magical” part almost fades away as the tedious dialogue takes over. Any promise for comedy never appears. Smith and the rest of the cast is fine but even the effortlessly-funny Nicole Byer is constrained. While the concept held plenty of satirical promise, the outcome was disappointing. FYI, Spike Lee actually coined the phrase “magical negro.” 
(1 / 5)
