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“you ready for this?” so immaculate that it’s almost untouchable in a way, like looking at artwork through glass. it’s still a sight to behold, but feels slightly inaccessible somehow. the story and how it’s presented and mixed up is my biggest issue here, but it’s overall packaged so carefully and beautifully that i find i didn’t mind much at all in the end and nicholas britell really did it again: this is easily the best score of the year. my goosebumps were continuous
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Barry Jenkins could film himself taking a shit and it’d probably be one of the most beautiful things I’ll ever see.
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TRULY ONE OF THE BEST SCORES IN THE HISTORY OF CINEMA ABSOLUTE NEXT LEVEL YUP I BE WEEPING
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It’s crazy how this year Barry Jenkins made a jazz movie and Damien Chazelle made a moon light movie.
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if beale street could talk it would ask me to stop crying during its entire run time
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“Unbow your head.” the waltz of life and love and hope. there is no greater force of good on this earth than barry jenkins’ camera.
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I wish I had more to say about Beale Street, but all I can call it is heartbreaking. It filled me with a tension that so many black films fill me with, where I’m waiting for an ultimate, inevitable cruelness to set in, and so paralyzed by that waiting that I watch it more like a horror film. But there is no cruel twist coming. It’s all there from the beginning. And although it is more than anything a story about love and the lengths we go to see that love through, it’s a story about how much longer that length is when your very existence denies you to the right to live a peaceful life. Every black person born in America was born on Beale Street, born in the black neighborhood of some American city, whether in Jackson, Mississippi, or in Harlem, New York. Beale Street is our legacy.
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i love James Baldwin’s book, but it’s a testament to Barry Jenkins’ talent that many of the most beautiful parts of this adaptation are of his own invention (Dave Franco’s scene being a clear and particularly moving example). what an extraordinary, generous, perseverant film this is. as with ROMA and BURNING i feel the need to see it again before i say anything more, but yeah… Barry Jenkins: not bad at making movies.
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The way Fonny and Tish would look at each other with so much love made me want to cry every single time
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MMatt Singer 8 月 23, 2026
I look forward to many years of hearing this movie’s magnificent score and then stopping whatever I’m doing to listen to it while taking several long, deep sighs.
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gonna trick my racist grandma into watching this saying its an eastenders spin-off about ian beale
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Ten seconds into the movie I thought, “Okay, I love this. I’m in.” 2 hours later I still felt the same way.
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je suis ravagée
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stole my heart so bad i’m writing the review halfway through the movie! so beautiful!!!!! so heart wrenching
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there’s a strange poetry to this movie i can’t quite put my finger on. still, some of these shots are so gorgeous and the ending is just heartbreaking.
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J’avais adoré le lire alors, en regardant le film, j’ai retrouvé des repères, des personnages que je connaissais. À part une bande son superbe, le film ma rien apporté de plus que ma lecture. J’aime toujours autant le livre mais le film, je l’oublierai.
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Nicholas Britell I love you
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This was such a sad movie. Also Kiki Layne was dropping banger on bangers with her lines. I was just hitting the mmmh when she goes on her monologues
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“Love is what brought you here, and if you trusted love this far don’t panic now, trust it all the way”
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I don’t mind the slow pacing; it’s refreshing for a story to meditate on its characters through stillness and gentle gazes. Barry Jenkins is masterful with his imagery. The way he illuminates dark skin is unparalleled. The acting is incredible across the board. And, as usual, Nicholas Britell’s music is perfect. My primary issue is the disjointed nature of the story. Each individual scene—to varying degrees of success—perpetuates James Baldwin’s social commentary on African American life better than it represents…
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CRIED… cried cried cried cried
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“I don’t want to sound foolish, but remember love is what brought you here. And if you’ve trusted love this far, don’t panic now. Trust it all the way” Buenísima película, una cruda historia muy bien contada. “If Beale Street Could Talk” es un grandísimo trabajo de Barry Jenkins a nivel guion y dirección, pero también destaca mucho por sus actuaciones que son excelentes y hacen que todo lo que veamos se sienta muy cercaron y realista. Sinopsis: Después de…
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“To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a state of rage almost, almost all of the time — and in one’s work. And part of the rage is this: It isn’t only what is happening to you. But it’s what’s happening all around you and all of the time in the face of the most extraordinary and criminal indifference, indifference of most white people in this country, and their ignorance…” -James Baldwin
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if i could put this in my top four all four times i would
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kill me with a chainsaw
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Ohhh this made my heart ache. The way this film portrays love is so pure and really shows how it’s the most resilient and important thing to hold onto in an unjust world
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the score wow
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Great score, great cast, controversial premise, should be a home run right? Well… I finished feeling like I wanted more from this film. The pacing felt slow at times and the story overall was unsatisfying. For me, it was missing that one scene that transcends a film regardless of its subjective flaws. Either way, I’ve seen a lot worse, and I’ll definitely be rewatching, mainly for the score!
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This whole thing feels like sleepy montage that’s about to go somewhere interesting, but never does. The pacing was so tiring. Aside from Domingo and Basset, I found the performances either odd or uninteresting. Corny as all get out. I was shocked to learn Steve McQueen directed this, and then baffled by the reception on here. Really felt like a TV movie.
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Un film da vedere in terza media: tema sociale, storia d’amore, un po’ palloso, un po’ prodotto Rai, qualche momento genuinamente riuscito (tipo la scena con Dave Franco o “unbow your head” o, ancora, l’incontro tra la madre e la donna stuprata). Secondo me la scenografia e la fotografia sono blandissime, veramente Moonlight cento volte più ispirato. Il voice over della protagonista spesso è ridondante (fammi vedere le scene e taci porcoddue) e la violenza nel carcere è evocata semplicemente…
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A movie with a great message but I don’t like the way it was delivered.. I didn’t felt the emotions like I thought I would and that disappointed me a bit. But I can’t deny that it was well made!
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Tão bonito e ao mesmo tempo tão doloroso
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Road to 1000 5 star ratings Rating No 929: If Beale Street Could Talk Barry Jenkins, You Beauty. I am now literally disappointed with the way how Disney treated you with the Mid ass film Mufasa: The Lion King when you have given banger films like this one and Moonlight. I really appreciate the scale how the film is made and also how beautiful is also this film to the fullest. This film is an amalgamation of both the mixtures of being Heartwarming and Heartbreaking. This one is a must watch. Fo not even think of missing out on this amazing film.
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Sounds like an good book from the monologues, idk if it translates that well
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This was so beautiful but somehow made the plot less engaging??
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watched this in a room full of admiration and sobbing. dave franco jumpscare aside, everyone here is a star. including barry jenkins of course and those behind the music, costuming, and cinematography. flower after flower to james baldwin what a visceral vision. couldnt help but imagine a double feature of this + exhibiting forgiveness; made sure to recommend that for an eventual group watch. what a way to honor and grieve for all the beale streets, the fonny sr and jrs, the tishes
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Beautiful and heartbreaking
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holy cast. need 2 pick up the book asap. -1 star cos my attention span wasn’t fond of the drawn out scenes but gave time to ponder on all the aspects. important story. beautiful ass movie.
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decided to terrorize my friends
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the color in this film. This film is shot so beautifully
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I wish this was just romance movie
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This movie is truly beautiful. It has so much depth and just tugs at your hearts strings. So wonderful I love. Not to mention the soundtrack absolutely angelic.
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a modern tragedy put to screen and barry jenkins puts in so much care and empathy for all sides! i cried so much through out the whole movie they needed each other so bad 🙁
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And the white man is the devil
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We have seen several, countless films even that depict racial prejudice and injustice. It is something that we will unfortunately a topic that even as we are into 2026, society as a whole cannot seem to escape. I live in the United States and I still see these actions even today, either online or in person. Director Barry Jenkins has never been afraid to tackle this issue head on as many works of his have been surrounding this particular topic…
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Third act was really strong, had some really interesting shots. I always love regina king and colman domingo, and the guy who played fonny was really good too.
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Running in circles.
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Stunner.
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Gorgeous and heartbreaking. Every second permeates the same limitless love as the book, which is definitely one of the most incredible of all time. Think I very much hold the book closer to me than this adaptation, but that’s no fault at all of anyone involved. Just the power of Baldwin’s words.
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Fuck Victoria, ball of horse shit
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I loved the book more but I will say the dialogue in this movie was as if they were just reading the book which I appreciated LOL
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a case of form over function but i liked the color palette
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I was reallyyyyy looking forward to this, but damn, it’s a snoozer. Granted, I still have half an hr to go, if I can pull myself to stand it. It feels like a stage play. And knowing James Baldwin, he took settings and places to be characters themselves. This doesn’t feel like New York. It’s like generic Black America. AND IT S BORING. Sorry, it is. I’ll see if I can finish it though.
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J’ai aimé l’histoire et les personnages, portés par une belle alchimie et une vraie profondeur émotionnelle. Mon seul vrai regret, c’est qu’on ne saura jamais si Fonny a réellement commis les faits qu’on lui reproche. Cette absence de réponse m’a laissé un sentiment de frustration, malgré tout ce que le film a de touchant.
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el hombre blanco es un demonio
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Heartbreaking. Was so scared throughout the movie for both Tish and Fonny. Stunning visuals and the soundtrack….. gonna thank the angels for dropping “Agape” bgm from the heaven’s playlist.
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beautiful film, just as heartbreaking as the book. i love james baldwin’s brain
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I wanna watch a film about Regina King and Teyonah Parris wanting to slap the shit out of someone
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Barry Jenkins “try not to make a gorgeous, gentle yet crushing film” challenge: FAILED Everything is so good in this: the acting, the casting, the cinematography, the editing, the SCORE. Especially want to acknowledge how well Jenkins adapted a Baldwin novel into film, whose works I’ve always read and thought would have been impossible to interpret for the screen. The scenes and the non-linear narrative work so well and never leave their original influence behind. It is so textured, it’s so deep. I wish I had better words to describe it. This film smells like smoke and velvet!
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i’m actually so heartbroken this is such an important movie and the score was fucking beautiful god
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finally got around to watching this film after being mesmerized by this score for so long. barry jenkins and nicholas britell are truly a special pairing. seriously one of the most delicate, soothing scores i’ve ever heard.
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one of the best scores everrr
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unbow your head
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Barry jenkins never misses
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the way their love for each other lights up a room….. i’m gonna kill myself to be black is to carry the weight of the world in your heart yet still find room for love
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if beale street could talk, it will talk about love
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Rating: 8.5/10 Really sad and heavy, book was better but movie was still great.
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i know about suffering. i know it ends. man everything just SUCKS!!!! FUCK EVERYTHING!!!!!!!
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I don’t know what it is that prevented this film from being perfect to me—maybe that I wish it hit a bit deeper—but it damn near is anyway, and definitely serves as a wonderful reminder to read the book. Still a very moving and textural film that left an impression on me anyway, with the persistence of love at its core, and made clearly with such a lovingly deft hand (and also a very lush, mesmerizing score that I’ve been…
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“But neither of us is young anymore… we can’t afford to be. Instead we gotta live the life we’ve been given, and live it so our children can be.” Beautifully done. A film that touches on the topics of romance, family, injustice, racism, poverty, history, etc and its complexities. The cinematography is one of the best I’ve ever seen, it’s like we get to see and know the characters on a personal level. The music OMG how can I not mention the music. It is SO good and refreshing to hear. It really captures every moment perfectly 👌
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Catastrophique ! Que c’est leeeeeent que c’est lonnnnnng Ça se touche grave la nouille avec des gros plans ptite fumée de cigarette et jazz mais pouaaah les acteurs jouent mal l’intrigue aurait pu être intéressante mais ils l’ont rendu boring as fuck franchement je déconseille.
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Nothing will ever beat the musical score, and absolutely flawless placement of the musical rhythm in order to express the accumulating weight of swimming against a system that systematically persecutes you. Barry Jenkins, man I cannot wait to see more of your work.
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L’histoire est extrêmement touchante et elle dénonce plusieurs aspects de la réalité des noirs aux états unis. J’ai aussi beaucoup aimé le déroulement du film sous le point de vue de Tish. Par contre j’ai eu beaucoup de mal à accrocher avec le film, je le l’ai trouvé un peu trop long et j’avais quand même une impression que le film montrait simplement une histoire d’amour un peu « gnangnan » et sans profondeur. Je n’ai peut être pas su…
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On est pas toujours obligé d’adapter un livre en film. Là c’est du mega flop.
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Very corny and gave me war flashbacks of dating bum ass dudes
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Powerful drama with important social issues. But it was very slow and filled with misery.
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le roman reste mieux mais purée quel film
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I get that this movie is 2 hours and I have no idea how much is covered in the book but I wanted so much more of this story, Tisch’s mom and dad go through so so so much trouble and the third act just felt so fast. i will now read james bladnwin though
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it’s the most beautiful moment to see someone and u know they’re looking at u and ur looking at them
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it’s like a painting in movie form
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Guts me every fucking time. I’m severely dehydrated from crying Devastating and so impactful
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At its core, Barry Jenkins’ sophomore effort If Beale Street Could Talk is a hopeful tale of love conquering all. Set against the backdrop of racism and oppression in 1970s Harlem, the film opens with a young couple strolling through the city. Everything about the scene radiates a sense of infinite possibility. Sadly, that hope is soon crushed beneath the weight of the times. Social injustice drives this deeply moving family drama as it moves fluidly through time. A man…
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Should have won Best Picture
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I don’t know, I’m just my mother’s son. Sometimes that’s all that makes the difference between us and them. That’s beautiful, man.
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She got a weak head.
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Blown away. Devastating and beautiful. Really brought the book to life for me too.
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Ah man I loved it there was so soo much love in this even during the hurt and pain
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just absolutely unreal. the tenderness Barry Jenkins put into this adaptation had me hooked. the way every shot lingers, the soundtrack, the pace. it really doesn’t allow you to miss a beat of the story. ngl his sculpture looked kinda chopped to me lmaoo.
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If you hate sugar, spice and everything nice, make this film be the first thing you watch. Genuinely hate how much I cry each time
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Music 😭😭😭
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“The white man has got to be the devil because he sure ain’t a man”
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Beautiful. Never watching this again
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james baldwin i love you barry jenkins i love you. i see a giovanni’s room adaptation so clearly in your future barry please i would die.
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“love is what brought you here. and if you trusted love this far, don’t panic now. trust it all the way..” this adaptation was executed so beautifully. i was left with a melancholic ache in my chest. the horror of the black american experience.
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Vond og vakker. Og for en stacked cast for en film med $12m budsjett! Dog de fleste av de har blitt kjente i senere tid.
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The cast in this film is great. Everyone was perfect, but Brian Tyree Henry truly stood out. His performance might have been the most powerful moment in the film. You could really feel the pain in his scene, and knowing that Fonny was facing the same struggles Daniel described made it even more impactful. The expression on Fonny face at the end when he saw his son writing his release down suggests that he won’t be coming home anytime soon. That was heartbreaking.
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Such a beautiful, emotional and restrained love story. From Barry Jenkins, the director of Moonlight (one of my favorite movies of all time), I stumbled upon If Beale Street Could Talk quite some time back and I’m so glad I finally watched it. While watching this film, I constantly kept asking myself: Why is life really this unfair? What is the point of all this hatred and racism? Based on James Baldwin’s novel of the same name, the story follows…
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Trust love. Trust it, no matter what.
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Great ensemble cast with really effective score and choice of music.
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ultimately moves you but barry jenkins does gets a bit indulgent here & there
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sobbed
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got bored halfway
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“Remember, love is what brought you here. And if you trusted love this far, don’t panic now. Trust it all the way.” me proyecte
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For me, these are the most important stories in entertainment
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the white man has got to be the devil, because he sure ain’t a man‼️ i didn’t have high hopes for a film adaptation to do justice to a james baldwin book, but this one wrecked me just the same
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Struggled to get into the flow with this. There are brilliant moments in it but the way its pieced together does not flow as a story for me. Great acting too though.
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Sinceramente la vida del negro no es facil
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So beautifully soundtracked – visually super crisp and fitting. Sort of jaded and definitely sad, im unsure what can be said about if beale street can talk other than the ways through which Barry Jenkins makes stories upsetting. Barry Jenkins has a trend to hold close up long shots (think this is the right terminology) and it’s super effective – seeing this after going back and watching his super early work (tall enough) it’s clear he’s become a master of capturing the small details in people emoting. I thought this was beautiful if not a bit sad. I love Colman Domingo as always.
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i wanna be in your arms 😢
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The scene where Tish & Fonny have their first … Somehow even more tender and sweet than I imagined when reading it, Barry Jenkins absolutely smashed that. No surprise though, just from Moonlight it’s easy to see how masterful he is at depicting the realities of love and quiet intimacy. I loved seeing it right after Fonny’s mother’s little tirade, reminded me of this tweet I always come back to~ x.com/aprilajoyr/status/1596641181009850368?s=20
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Technically speaking, If Beale Street Could Talk isn’t the first or only adaptation of one of James Baldwin’s novels, but the film’s widespread reputation as such is understandable given just how much of this feels like the first and only possible translation of the author’s distinctive voice. Barry Jenkins—fresh off the heels of gifting us with the greatest film of all time—was already sharply attuned to Baldwin’s instincts for bitingly poetic prose and internalized self-actualization through the prism of race,…
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man I think Barry Jenkins might be the best to ever do it
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I think agape is the song that I would choose to bleed out to
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“The game has been rigged and the courts see it through.” A chilling reflection on a world where truth struggles to be heard, and justice too often rewards the better lie.
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Pleasantly surprised
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it’s ironic to call it a justice system
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not enough stars on this app to accommodate this movie.
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I sadly just could not connect to this one
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Found myself in tears throughout, it’s cruel but so hitting to have a film so full of joy, intercut with such injustice and anguish. The score is amazing (and is what initially lead me to give this a go), loved the mix of the jazzy elements with the sorrowful piano, definitely won’t leave my head for a while. Really want to read James Baldwin’s book now, but maybe should take a small break from this story as I can only take so much
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i don’t support violence against women but his mother deserved that best supporting actress 2019: Regina King
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beautiful execution of an even more beautiful book
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I felt like visiting a romance td, and this has been on my watchlist for some time. I relistened to the wonderful Britell piece Agape and that pushed me to finally knock this one off the list. Unfortunately, I am frustrated with what I got. Here’s why. Why does black representation always have to be about pain, struggle, trauma, and injustice? Yes, ofc we do and have experienced those, but how much of our media has been about that? Where…
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Romantic, extremely sad, glimmers of hope
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I give a ton of 5 stars so I might be an unreliable narrator at this point but anyway… This is my 2nd time watching this, I don’t really remember the 1st watch but I wouldn’t be surprised if cried at the exact same spot. Fani & Tish have just come from checking out a loft after a long period of rejection. The film had been going at gentle pace but had just enough stop signs to keep you on your…
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The book is everything and so is this movie.
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Amazing film and one of my favorite scores
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heartwrenching, barry jenkins just gets it
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After finishing James Baldwins novel a few days ago I wanted to rewatch this masterpiece as soon as possible. This adaptation is absolutely heartbreaking and depicted so accurately to Baldwins original text. I adore Barry Jenkins direction, the intimacy he captures is just stunning. Unbelievable performances throughout but especially from Regina King. I thought she played the character written in the novel so faithfully. I was also particularly moved by Brian Tyree Henry’s performance, Daniel says so much in this…
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the work with colour really kept my mind working. red ended up being his colour in my mind after the scene in the restaurant, him wearing a red crossed shirt and having a red umbrella, while Tisha also thought about his past. in the scene with their first time, he was bathed in red light while she wore yellow. when she peeled off her clothes, the light became more orange around them. so yellow’s tish’s colour, so colour of both…
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Felt very fitting to follow up my Roma rewatch with another emotionally devastating 2018 film set in the 70s and led by an expecting mother of color. Not only did this deserve a Best Picture nomination in 2018, but I would even argue this should have won the whole thing. It’s just such a beautiful and bittersweet film all around, and another I have never stopped thinking about since my first watch 6 years ago!
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Booooooooooringgggggggggg That slap scene was fucking powerful though.
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Ndelok iki gegara scoring e (Tengs agape). F*ck racism
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While the whole film was beautifully told, acted, and filmed, the scene in which Tish (KiKi Layne) tells her parents, Sharon (Regina King) and Joseph (Colman Domingo), and sister, Ernestine (Teyonah Parris), that she is pregnant was particularly moving to me given how supportive they all were.
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BARRY JENKINS. I love your movies. THIS ONE AND MOONLIGHT. GREAT MOVIE AND STORYTELLING. MAKE MORE MOVIES LIKE THIS.
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劇伴が良すぎる
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Heartbreaking love story but, highlights how important it is to have someone stuck beside you no matter what.
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Regina FUCKING King yo. They can never ever doubt you. No further words but I loved this movie a lot.
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Please because this movie is so special to me ☹️☹️ one of my favorite books by James Baldwin, the depiction of young love espically young BLACK love means something to me it’s absolutely beautiful from the music to the acting of my god.
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I luv u Barry jenkins
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CCarl Patterson 9 月 15, 2019
It wasn’t bad, just sort of okay. It did seem slow and longer than it’s 2 hour running time.
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ประวัติศาสตร์เขียนขึ้นโดยผู้ชนะ! ขณะที่ชาวผิวสีในสหรัฐอเมริกา -ผู้พ่ายแพ้- ส่งต่ออดีตผ่านเรื่องเล่า บทเพลง งานศิลปะ ฯ จุดเริ่มต้นก็จาก Beale Street, เมือง Memphis, รัฐ Tennessee ทุกคนต่างประสบพบเจอเรื่องร้ายๆมากมายในชีวิต ทำอย่างไรถึงสามารถต่อสู้ก้าวเดินฟันฝ่าต่อไปได้, “ต้องดูให้ได้ก่อนตาย” raremeat.blog/if-beale-street-could-talk-2018/
- Synopsis
- After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.
- Director
- Barry Jenkins
- Writer
- Barry Jenkins
- Studio
- Annapurna Pictures, Plan B Entertainment, PASTEL
- Country
- USA
- Language
- English
- Year
- 2018
- Runtime
- 120 mins
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