A scholarship football player carries more weight than any college student should have to in Safety, Reginald Hudlin's adaptation of the true story of Clemson freshman Ray McElrathbey: While attempting to make the cut on the field and surpass expectations in class, he has to take custody of an 11-year-old brother after his single mom enters rehab.
The movie bites off a lot as well, filling its two-hour running time with a story that might've stood a better chance of moving us if it had been developed as a more sober and more character-focused miniseries.
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