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Jan 14, 2024msjoy rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
PAINFULLY slow moving movie
Nov 25, 2023readingjames rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Oscar winner Regina King was the movie’s standout actor. Her performance truly delivered. I also enjoyed the love story which was set in the 1970’s.
Jan 31, 2023
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Mar 13, 2020LoriVirginia rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
The acting was great. I particularly liked Regina King as Mrs. Rivers. A little slow paced, but it allowed emotions to be shown. Movie based in part on a true story about injustice. Sad, but still showed hope.
Jan 07, 2020Valancy1 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This was a good, solid movie. It is a 1970's set film about a young African American couple who is torn apart after a false accusation and they are caught up in the machinations of the legal system. The story also focuses on the effect…
Nov 29, 2019readyrisa rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A beautiful love story that manages to be sweet but still mature dealing with themes such as societal opression and injustice. Good film. Enjoyed it.
Nov 22, 2019movie20 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
The movie was slow. I fast forwarded a bit, but I liked the movie. Real people in an unfortunate situation. The characters were good well acted. I like the comment mawall made on this site in August. I enjoyed the music score as well.
Nov 02, 2019bansidthe rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Slow and disjointed. Mediocre acting and a terrible script
Nov 01, 2019uncommonreader rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This adaptation was made with sensitivity and class. How great to see black people portrayed as ordinary human beings.
Sep 13, 2019LPL_BeckyB rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I had to check the date on the James Baldwin book this movie is based on-1974. Although the setting for the movie matches that year well, the story could have been ripped from today’s headlines. Powerful, beautiful, and devastating.
Sep 03, 2019Punnoval rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Give Barry Jenkins credit - he certainly knows how to pour on the bathos and maximize the schlock effect - necessary traits to have if you are planning to be a success in Hollywood. He takes all the bite out of the Baldwin novel (Fonny's…
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Aug 27, 2019AlBrit rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
The director has taken an im[portant social drama and turned it into a boring art film.
Aug 27, 2019GiovanniS rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
It was a hard watch but it brought me into the moment with the beautiful film-score and the script dialogue scene between Daniel Carty (Brian Tyree Henry) and Alonzo Fonny Hunt (Stephan James) when they reunited. The theme of new life…
Aug 19, 2019voisjoe1_0 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This story rings true today as much as it did when written so many years ago. James Baldwin would be sad to see that so much injustice still exists for African-Americans in America. Sadly I was close to this type of situation in 1970.…
Aug 16, 2019mawall rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
A subtle and gorgeous examination of people trapped in broken systems that never forgets to see its characters as complex human beings.
Aug 14, 2019
The best thing about this film is the music and how it turned an ordinary scene into something compelling. Excellent use of instruments, extremely creative. Movie 1 star Music 5 stars
Aug 11, 2019MargoBarron rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Very good and enjoyable movie. The acting was exceptional with wonderful, mostly lovable, characters. Some others complained about the slow pace of the movie, but it worked just fine for me.
Jul 29, 2019anonymouswe rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
I both loved and abhorred this movie. I rated it 1.5 stars because it was sooooo boring and slow. The underlying story is fascinating, and the acting is INCREDIBLE. I loved, and I mean LOVED the characters and story and acting - but my…
Jul 18, 2019lindy919 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
. Good but this two hour movie felt like three. All the director's fault - scenes went on too long and p a u s e s... b e t w e e n... w o r d s... a n d... s e n t e n c e s... throughout. .
Jul 11, 2019
Excellent story about being black in white America. My only complaint is that it is very slow moving. I liked the characters and the acting.
Jun 18, 2019
A slow burn, character-driven movie that chronicles the struggle of an African American family to get by when all of the cards seem stacked against them. Childhood sweethearts Tish and Fonny find themselves separated after a policeman…
Jun 10, 2019firefly5 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I enjoyed this movie very much. Beautiful cinematography, sad story.
Jun 09, 2019jfd5 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Movie was slow...enjoyed it but way too slow. Turned it off a number of times and did other things in between. One of those that I could have missed entirely and been fine with it.
May 31, 2019TSMary rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A beautiful film! The love radiates out of those two faces. From the colors to the music to the performances, this is a special movie. Settle into the slower pace of a well-crafted story and let go. Your heart will be touched.
May 28, 2019doyoureadme rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Beautiful, poignant, mesmerizing, and totally absorbing. Based on James Baldwin's 1974 novel of the same name. It's no accident that Barry Jenkins chose to adapt this story more than 40 years later, showing that although much has changed…