

The Inspection
Ellis French is a young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside. But even as he battles deep-seated prejudice and the grueling routines of basic training, he finds unexpected camaraderie, strength, and support in this new community, giving him a hard-earned sense of belonging that will shape his identity and forever change his life.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $270.6K
- Language
- English
- friendship
- homophobia
- marine
- lgbt
- semi autobiographical
- lgbt in the military
- mother son relationship
- gay theme
- absurd
- embarrassed
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York Film Festival14 Oct 2022
- PremiereAustin Film Festival29 Oct 2022
- Theatrical (limited)R18 Nov 2022
- TheatricalR2 Dec 2022
- Digital / OTTRA24 Screening Room20 Dec 2022
- Digital / OTTR22 Dec 2022
- PhysicalRBlu-ray / DVD7 Feb 2023
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival16 Oct 2022
- Theatrical1517 Feb 2023
- Physical15Blu-ray & DVD15 May 2023
- Digital / OTT15Netflix16 Jun 2023
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalMA 15+4 May 2023
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival8 Sept 2022
- Theatrical18 Nov 2022
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical (limited)1218 Nov 2022
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1224 Aug 2023
IrelandIE
- Digital / OTT1517 Feb 2023
JapanJP
- Theatrical4 Aug 2023
NetherlandsNL
- Digital / OTT1618 Nov 2022
New ZealandNZ
- Digital / OTTR161 Jul 2023
NorwayNO
- Theatrical (limited)1218 Nov 2022
PortugalPT
- PremiereM/1418 Nov 2022
- PhysicalM/1418 Nov 2022
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The Inspection was released on 18 November 2022.
Audience reviews
1- C7/10
CinemaSerf
2/25/2023
"French" (Jeremy Pope) is an itinerant gay man who, estranged from his prison office mother "Inez" (Gabrielle Union), has concluded that the only way to stop himself becoming subsumed into an underworld of drugs, disease and most likely death, is to join the US Marines. Having failed at just about everything else, his mother is somewhat sceptical, but to bootcamp he goes where he encounters the stereotypically brutis…
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