Jay Will, who plays Rob Peace, is excellent in this.

The movie takes shape as an uplifting multiplex entertainment.

In his follow-up to “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,” Chiwetel Ejiofor makes noticeable improvements as a filmmaker through a real-life story that, while often unfocused, features piercing moments of dramatic and political engagement

The script resorts to voiceover and exposition to join the narrative dots, sometimes clumsily, but Will's sensitive, likeable turn provides emotional ballast right up to the haunting climax.