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But the film isnt overly interested in the details of how any of this happened.
(We Grown Nowwas co-produced by the social-justice-minded studio Participant, which just announced itsshutting down.
The industry is bleak.)
The story around the boys is simple.
James and Ramirez slip intoan easy intimacy that conveys years of familiarity.
But we get a sense of their childhoods wholesomeness, enough that it jars us whentwo events disrupt it.
Within that framework, James and Ramirez arent asked to overact or overemote.