While I could gripe about the movie's
length, especially as it showcases a love
story that isn't really needed for the overall arc, that romance between Adonis and Bianca feels so
natural, with oodles
of chemistry between Jordan and Tessa Thompson, I would never dare utter that it should have been taken out, as it humanizes Adonis in a way that just being a boxer with something to prove to himself could never do on its own.
A lot
of new advice I've been reading lately, when newer writers ask about
lengths for manuscripts, has been «write to the
story's
natural length.»