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Moonlight

Oscar™ Best Picture - Winning Movies

Moonlight

2016

Barry Jenkins

Trevante Rhodes, Naomie Harris, Mahershala Ali, Ashton Sanders ...

6.7

31,274

Drama Moonlight tells the story of Chiron, a young man who comes of age during the War on Drugs era in Miami. Set in three different time periods as Chiron battles a deteriorating home life and deals with his dawning sexuality.

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"A beautifully intimate character study that argues in no uncertain terms that the African-American identity is far too complex to be reduced to the flimsy stereotypes so often presented on-screen"	POS
United States	David Fear Rolling Stone	"'Moonlight' Is a Masterpiece. (...) a strong contender for best movie of the year"	POS
United States	Sam Fragoso The Wrap	"Barry Jenkins tracks a tragic childhood in powerful sophomore film"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"The best movie of the year (...) I’ve never seen anything quite like it, (...) A beautiful movie."	POS
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"Glows likes its title (...) While the fundamental nature of that central question gives this exquisite character study universality, the film also brings infinite nuance and laser-like specificity to its portrait of African-American gay male experience"	POS
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"A mesmerizing look at black life in America (...) ['Moonlight'] is a beautiful drama that manages to be both epic and understated"	POS

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