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      If Beale Street Could Talk

      2018, Crime/Drama, 1h 59m

      366 Reviews 2,500+ Ratings

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      If Beale Street Could Talk honors its source material with a beautifully filmed adaptation that finds director Barry Jenkins further strengthening his visual and narrative craft. Read critic reviews

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      Movie Info

      In early 1970s Harlem, daughter and wife-to-be Tish vividly recalls the passion, respect and trust that have connected her and her artist fiancé Alonzo Hunt, who goes by the nickname Fonny. Friends since childhood, the devoted couple dream of a future together, but their plans are derailed when Fonny is arrested for a crime he did not commit.

      • Rating: R (Some Sexual Content|Language)

      • Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: Barry Jenkins

      • Producer: Adele Romanski, Sara Murphy, Barry Jenkins, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner

      • Writer: Barry Jenkins

      • Release Date (Theaters):  wide

      • Release Date (Streaming):

      • Box Office (Gross USA): $14.9M

      • Runtime:

      • Distributor: Annapurna Pictures

      • Production Co: Pastel, Annapurna Pictures, Plan B Entertainment

      Cast & Crew

      KiKi Layne
      Stephan James
      Regina King
      Colman Domingo
      Teyonah Parris
      Diego Luna
      Pedro Pascal
      Emily Rios
      Ed Skrein
      Ebony Obsidian
      Barry Jenkins
      Megan Ellison
      Brad Pitt
      Sarah Esberg
      Chelsea Barnard
      Jillian Longnecker
      Mark Ceryak
      Caroline Jaczko
      James Laxton
      Joi McMillon
      Nat Sanders
      Nicholas Britell
      Mark Friedberg
      Robert Pyzocha

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      • Apr 04, 2019

        A subtle and gorgeous examination of people trapped in broken systems that never forgets to see its characters as complex human beings.

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      • Feb 23, 2019

        loved it. Barry Jenkins is fabulous!

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      • Jan 08, 2019

        I might be the only person on the internet who didn't like Moonlight, but whatever trepidation I may have had about Barry Jenkins has been banished away thanks to his recent adaptation of the James Baldwin novel "If Beale Street Could Talk". In it, KiKi Layne plays a young woman coming to terms with her pregnancy after her boyfriend (Stephan James) has been imprisoned under a false accusation of rape. The core of the story is predominantly focused on their relationship, a pure love born out of mutual respect, honesty, and years of dedication, a love that we rarely see conveyed with such profound depth in even the genre of romance film. At times, the intimacy is incredibly arresting without being lurid or melodramatic. Equally rare is the way in which 1970's Harlem is presented. Normally a city shown in crime dramas as grey and rainy, soon to be hidden in the shadows of neon lights, Jenkin's Harlem is a sunny and vibrant world if not a bid dilapidated. It is populated by families, brothers and sisters genuinely trying to help and understand one another, but this is often eclipsed by the societal afflictions of deep seated bigotry, police corruption, and the victimization of the working class. One of the most unsettling scenes this year is a character played by Bryan Tyree Henry, another man recently incarcerated after being falsely accused, describing the existential and physical horror of living in prison, how it changes a person and instills fear in your very soul. It's a chilling yang to the romantic yin of Tish and Fonny's relationship, taking on themes that have been handled in a much more bumbling fashion all year in equally socially conscious (yet less refined) films.

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      • Jan 02, 2019

        If Beale Street could talk it would warn you to avoid seeing If Beale Street Could Talk.The acting was good but the story was excruciatingly dull and the music a major distraction. Was it arty crap or crappy art? 2019 not off to a good start (1-1-19).

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