'Concrete Cowboy': Film Review | TIFF 2020

), a cousin he hasn't seen since childhood who is now part of the neighborhood drug-dealing network. Harp threatens to throw Cole out if he starts running with Smush, so he continues seeing his cousin in secret while working at the stables during the day.

Cole's hours at Fletcher Street also teach him the value of community, as he gets tips on shoveling and disposing of horse manure from Paris , whose willingness to act as the newcomer's surrogate big brother springs from the sorrowful history that left him in a wheelchair. Lessons in trust, tenderness and support also come from Cole's initially scary experience with Boo, a horse too wild for the other riders, while the first delicate hints of romance surface between him and Esha .

A flare-up between Cole and Harp exposes the heart of the father-son drama, with both Elba and McLaughlin bringing raw feeling to their characters' hunger to forge a real bond. A shot of them sitting at a cautious distance on Harp's ratty sofa, with the hazy sunlight streaming in through makeshift curtains, is a lovely moment of fragile détente.

What really keeps the film on track, however, is the emotionally involving grasp of character in both the script and the performances of a terrific ensemble. McLaughlin greatly expands his range fromhere, balancing punkish swagger with vulnerability, while Elba, with a salt-and-pepper beard and a cigarillo forever planted in the corner of his mouth, is entirely convincing as a tough-loving man still figuring out how he fits into the traditional family model.

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