If Beale Street Could Talk

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Year:	2018
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Genre:	Crime, Drama, Romance
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Rating:	9.0 Rate
Collection:	Seen It Wishlist
Community:	3 Have Seen


Director	Barry Jenkins
Selected Cast	KiKi Layne as Tish Rivers
	Stephan James as Alonzo 'Fonny' Hunt
	Regina King as Sharon Rivers
	Colman Domingo as Joseph Rivers
	Pedro Pascal as Pietro Alvarez

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Magic Marmalade 27th Sep 2023		Rated 9/10 Turns out they do make 'em like this anymore! Good heavens! (Thought I) after having watched this: "Film-makers are actually still capable of making a real movie!" For this is nothing less than a work of cinematic art... From the incredible cinematography, the sublime soundtrack mix of easy, lo-fi jazz and cello based classical mood pieces, through the tight an thoughtful stage-play style screenplay, with excellent dialogue delivered very naturalistically by the entire Oscar worthy cast, right down to the subtle camera movements, editing, and the need not to smash the audience over the head with statements about society or as a platform for "activism", despite it's subject matter. It assumes an intelligence in the viewer, and a certain familiarity with it's themes, but concentrates entirely on the characters, and their interactions, which conspire to create the story: Here, the story of a young woman who has become pregnant by her childhood sweetheart, and the family drama that ensues when her own family must be informed, as well as her boyfriend's family. This though, is further complicated by the fact that the boyfriend has been convicted on the suspicion of rape, so she is coping with all this, as the film follows her through a chronological narrative, interspersed with flash backs, all expertly interwoven in a wonderful, seamless mosaic. The civil rights issues, only serve as a backdrop against which the personal, and very human drama takes place. We can see the issues at hand, and don't need a neon sign style expositions of them, instead, they have bearing only in how they affect the two young lovers, and their soon to be family. The whole thing just tells this personal tale, as a portrait of the two, and specifically, from her point of view, as the brief overlaid narrations she provides tie the thing together, as the whole movie moves as one perfectly realised whole, gently, easily, and artfully through this juncture of their lives. I've already used the words: Art, and artful. but could also use the words: Beautiful, poetic, balanced, poignant, thought-provoking, tender, sensitive (at times funny), as well as tragic, sad, and sombre. Wonderful movie. 1 person found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?



jaimeeduardo 1st Dec 2020

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