Film review: The Inspection is as personal as it gets

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Filmmaker Elegance Bratton suffered through basic training in the Marines as a gay man. Then he made a film about it

This makes it difficult to fault the film for what may seem to be easy storytelling shortcuts. Was Bratton’s training instructor straight out of central casting and a graduate of theschool of drill sergeantry? Was there a fellow recruit whose treatment of him bordered on the psychopathic?Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.

One impediment to his vocation is his mother, Inez, played by Gabrielle Union. When Ellis shows up for the birth certificate he needs to enlist, her response drips sarcasm: “Marine? Sure. OK.” Later, when he calls to see if she’s going to attend his graduation, she suspects he’s on the phone to tell her he’s been expelled. And though Bratton dedicates to film to her memory , anyone hoping for a tearful reconciliation will be disappointed.

The military clearly left its mark on Bratton, both as a human being and a filmmaker. I’m not certain he was able to return the favour, but here’s hoping.

 

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