Tag: Superior Donuts

J. Alphonse Nicholson Sparkles in “Superior Donuts”
J. Alphonse Nicholson as Franco is a regular ball of fire — Will Smith-good, Jesse Eisenberg-good — and his effervescent performance as a supremely self-confident go-getter from a bad Chicago neighborhood is award-worthy.

“Superior Donuts” Is a Sweet and Soulful 2008 Comedy-Drama by Tracy Letts
Content to shuffle through life, Arthur Przybyszewski, a former 1960s radical, sees no need for change to the run-down donut shop he owns in Uptown, Chicago. His lone employee, an energetic but troubled teenager named Franco Wicks, has other ideas.