Black Coffee is the kind of movie where a character quotes the tired old warhorse If you love something set it free (etc.) , and it is treated like a profound and original statement. Someone also says Whatever is meant to be will be (multiple times) and that is also treated like a profundity. Directed by Mark Harris, Black Coffee starts with a quote attributed to Anonymous that goes on and on for a bit about what a gifted man deserves, a gifted woman and God being involved. That s your first clue that you re about to watch a movie with an agenda, and it s the agenda that matters, not character, not story. It makes for a confused muddle, with characters who often behave in ways that have no correlation to actual human behavior, and language that exists in order to prop up the agenda. There is no subtext here. It s all text. It s too bad, because Gabrielle Dennis, who plays Morgan, the up-and-coming lawyer and love interest of the main character, is a beautiful and thoug