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Beyond the Lights

2014

Gina Prince-Bythewood

Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Nate Parker, Minnie Driver, Aml Ameen ...

5.7

690

Romance. Drama A talented young musician on the brink of super stardom struggles with the pressure of her new-found success. Noni is the music world's latest superstar. But not all is what it seems, and the pressures of fame have Noni on the edge - until she meets Kaz Nicol, a young cop and aspiring politician who's been assigned to her detail. Drawn to each other, Noni and Kaz fall fast and hard, despite the protests of those around them who urge ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Andrew Barker Variety	"Gugu Mbatha-Raw gives a fierce lead turn in Gina Prince-Bythewood's messy but undeniably entertaining music-biz romance"	POS
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"Predictable or not, it’s easy to shove aside all thoughts of guilty pleasure and just succumb (...) when there’s as much heart and feeling as writer-director Prince-Bythewood injects into her material"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"Beyond the Lights may be a fantasy — movies about love, like songs about love, tend to fall into that category — but it is an uncommonly smart and honest fantasy"	POS
United States	Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News	"This unusually intelligent crowd-pleaser is welcome proof that quality filmmaking needn’t be limited by subject, audience or budget (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Beyond the Lights brims with surprises that befit the title. It's electrifying (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"A movie brimming with promise and unexpected pleasures (...) Gugu Mbatha-Raw, delivers a genuinely galvanizing performance"	POS
United States	Kyle Smith New York Post	"The teary-eyed sincerity of the music-industry drama Beyond the Lights is at times too much, but despite its cliche elements, the film at least has the feel of a passion project (...) Rating: ★★ (out of five)"	NEU

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