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Moonlight uses one man's story to offer a remarkable and brilliantly crafted look at lives too rarely seen in cinema.
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Jenkins' authorial voice is resounding and strong and his determination admirable. Mar 21, 2018 | Full Review…
Jenkins' authorial voice is resounding and strong and his determination admirable.
Elena Lazic
"Moonlight" arrives as a gift, one worth keeping - and regifting. Feb 16, 2018 | Full Review…
"Moonlight" arrives as a gift, one worth keeping - and regifting.
Lisa Kennedy
Moonlight is hard to classify; even harder to describe, in terms of its considerable achievements. Feb 26, 2017 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…
Moonlight is hard to classify; even harder to describe, in terms of its considerable achievements.
Paul Byrnes
From the start Moonlight announces itself as something different entirely. Feb 17, 2017 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
From the start Moonlight announces itself as something different entirely.
Kevin Maher
The combination of artistry and emotional directness in this film is overwhelming. Feb 16, 2017 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
The combination of artistry and emotional directness in this film is overwhelming.
Peter Bradshaw
An intimate and haunting drama. Feb 2, 2017 | Full Review…
An intimate and haunting drama.
J. R. Jones
A tremendous film. Mar 12, 2019 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
A tremendous film.
Rachel Wagner
Moonlight is a strange mixture of the old and the new, offering plenty that we've seen before while pushing boundaries that too often remain rigid in mainstream films. Mar 7, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Moonlight is a strange mixture of the old and the new, offering plenty that we've seen before while pushing boundaries that too often remain rigid in mainstream films.
Tom Bond
What writer/director [Barry] Jenkins has done here is capture a small experience and endow it with a universality while still maintaining its unique perspective. It is an astonishing feat. Feb 14, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
What writer/director [Barry] Jenkins has done here is capture a small experience and endow it with a universality while still maintaining its unique perspective. It is an astonishing feat.
Allen Adams
Like with Linklater's film, the cumulative details figure into the Moonlight's indelible powers, inspiring some of the most richly composed imagery you'll find in contemporary American cinema. Feb 8, 2019 | Full Review…
Like with Linklater's film, the cumulative details figure into the Moonlight's indelible powers, inspiring some of the most richly composed imagery you'll find in contemporary American cinema.
Daniel Nava
In the hands of director Barry Jenkins and playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney, who wrote the theater piece "Moonlight" is based on, it's cinematic poetry birthed from the sea, where learning to swim is akin to a baptism. Feb 5, 2019 | Rating: A+ | Full Review…
In the hands of director Barry Jenkins and playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney, who wrote the theater piece "Moonlight" is based on, it's cinematic poetry birthed from the sea, where learning to swim is akin to a baptism.
Andrea Thompson
The actors and this story are at the heart of the film. Jan 29, 2019 | Full Review…
The actors and this story are at the heart of the film.
Amanda Greever
Gangsta and gay, does that go together? The attempt is pretty brave, especially the actors of all three time frames brought a lot of talent and guts into this. Their performances make for some memorable scenes. The writing...not so much. I can't entirely say why it touched me less than, say, Brokeback Mountain or Boyhood, which explored similar themes. Definitely worth seeing but I expected a much bigger punch.
Super Reviewer
Mahershala Ali stars as Chiron's guardian in this heartbreaking drama of discrimination and forbidden love. Wish he would've been more involved in the rest of the story.
Moonlight's excellent structure in storytelling, its powerful performances and thematic vision really emphasizes the film's sense of self-discovery. A unique presentation, filled with a superb use of music, colors, cinematography, and combined with its sheer drama makes this a monumentally notable tale of a lifetime that audiences can empathize with. 4/5
"Moonlight" is captivating, poignant, disturbing, ugly, beautiful -- and most of all, "Moonlight" is radiant. With excellent acting and superb directing, "Moonlight" tells a tale of human identity emerging from a world steeped in vulnerability, fear, isolation and the cycles of abuse visited most harshly upon oppressed communities. It's is a thoughtful work of art well worth seeing.
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