If Beale Street Could Talk it would say this film is like a vintage recliner, it looks good and it feels good but it just sits there and doesn't go anywhere.

A touching love story. Beautifully shot and an amazing score. Some great performances, especially Brian Tyree Henry (which he is having just a fantastic year).

Moonlight’s basically my favourite film so I was really looking forward to watching Barry’s second feature and I’m sad it didn’t struck me as intensely as Moonlight did. I think much of it is due to the screenwriting which Barry contributed to but didn’t do by himself in Moonlight, unlike in this film which he wrote all on his own and for me, it was underwhelming. The pace was a bit off and dragged in some parts, but the story was still relevant. Now, what is undeniably Barry’s strong point is the beautiful way he shoots his films, and what i feel will become his signature slow motion close ups. The love story was beautiful, sure, but i feel like the issue the film deals with deserved something more dramatic. But still, I quite liked it.

8/10

Boring, boring and boring. I am sorry but leaving aside the technical movie aspects, I found the story pretty weak and way too long.

Beautifully filmed but it doesn't really go anywhere.

The movie premise is reality. Racism by police against our coloured counterparts but the movie reminded me of a propaganda film and for that reason a low rating.

A great piece of material that has been tainted by a very odd choice of pacing.

The word that kept flashing through my mind: sumptuous. Is this one of the most beautiful movies I’ve ever seen? The costumes, the cinematography, the actors…my god, everything is so beautiful. Even the screenplay felt heightened, nearly poetic at times, in the same way the color palette was saturated and the lighting was lush. It all stands in stark contrast to the deeply despairing story that unfolds, the tale as old as time of structural racism tearing apart black families. That dissonance cut me to the quick.

It's a story of love, and it's a story of hate. It's a story of family, and it's a story of character. It's the story of one voice, and it's the story of many voices. It's the story of Beale Street, and the things it would say if allowed to reveal the truths of the people it sees.

==highlight== :100: >Test `another test`

Regina King is brilliant! Excellent actress

>The white man has got to be the devil. Because he sure ain’t a man.

The women of this film are extremely remarkable.. they are the ones doing miracles in this story. Filmmakers should take notes !

Beautifully shot, but emotionally languid

Based on James Baldwin's 1974 novel of the same name, If Beale Street Could Talk is really two stories in one; there's the love story at the narrative's core, giving the film much of its tonal qualities, and on the surface, there's the socio-political protest about racial injustice and inequality, which provides most of the main plot points. Director Barry Jenkins fails to do justice to either of these narratives, with both feeling incomplete, like a pencil-sketch rather than a painting. The biggest problem, however, is the somnolent love story. Employing a Terrence Malick-esque esoteric voiceover, Jenkins lifts entire passages directly from Baldwin. However, what reads beautifully in the novel is badly out of place in the film, even in voiceover, and has the effect of rendering the two central characters completely unrealistic, with their love for one another idealised to such an extent as to become ridiculous.

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I enjoyed this movie, great watching for a chilled Sunday afternoon