Let It Shine

TV-G

2012

1h 41m

Comedy

Drama

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1,000+ Ratings

A teenage rapper (Tyler James Williams) must use his musical talent to battle his nemesis (Brandon Mychal Smith) and win the girl (Coco Jones) of his dreams.

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Lesley M. Smith

PopMatters

Let It Shine sometimes zings, thanks to excellent acting by Tyler James Williams in the Cyrano role (here, Cyrus DeBarge) and a starry soundtrack melding hip-hop, gospel, and rap.

Sep 27, 2019

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Rob Owen

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

[A]n enjoyably upbeat TV movie set in the worlds of hip-hop, rap and gospel music.

Sep 27, 2019

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Emily Ashby

Common Sense Media

[A] quality movie the whole family can enjoy.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 26, 2019

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James Plath

Movie Metropolis

If these kids did their own singing, they've got bright futures ahead of them.

Rated: 6/10

Aug 7, 2012

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Audience Member

I loved this movie growing up! There is also amazing music and the actors are so talented.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/12/23

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kondwani suprix J

It teaches me how to work on my skill and win the girl of my dreams

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/02/23

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Audience Member

The songs have some bangers in them. always so fun to listen to them. the songs have some fire roasts and clever rhymes. this is not at 5 stars because I feel bad for how stupid Cyrus is. Glad he gets some common sense at the end not to be an asshole :) Love it!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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christopher c. m

This is clearly a hip hop version of the Cyrano de Bergerac story. Cyrus is clearly Cyrano and Roxi like literally short for Roxanne. Not sure why we needed two antagonists in this. Cyrus's Conservative Christian dad who hates rap and a bully pompous arrogant rival. Lastly, it's kind of slow. Not to the point of boring, but it does lag in several places. But honestly, I am not a fan of rap and avoided this for awhile. But after seeing it. I liked it a lot more than I thought and I would and would recommend it.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Let it Shine breathes new life to the DCOM musical formula adding rap and the values of church giving the story incredible depth.The characters are uniquely realized and have such chemistry within the group. This movie feels grounded and fleshed out making it stand tall in the DCOM cannon.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

It is a great musical movie defiantly a must see if someone in the family loves all types of music!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Paul Hoen

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Tyler James Williams

Cyrus DeBarge

Coco Jones

Roxanne Andrews

Trevor Jackson

Kris McDuffy

Brandon Smith

Actor

Courtney B. Vance

Preacher Jacob DeBarge

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Synopsis

A teenage rapper (Tyler James Williams) must use his musical talent to battle his nemesis (Brandon Mychal Smith) and win the girl (Coco Jones) of his dreams.

Director: Paul Hoen
Producer: Amy Gibbons
Screenwriter: Eric Daniel, Don D. Scott
Production Co: GWave Productions
Rating: TV-G
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 5, 2016
Runtime: 1h 41m

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