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If Beale Street Could Talk

2021
★ 7.1 / 10
A young woman embraces her pregnancy while she and her family set out to prove her childhood friend and lover innocent of a crime he didn't commit.
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Reviews
★★★★★
Two years after sending shockwaves through the film world with "Moonlight," which went on to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards, Barry Jenkins is back with "If Beale Street Could Talk." Needless to say, the film is excellent and is everything one could hop...
★★★★★
Well directed and acted. Pacing is very slow even by slow-burn standards. Not much payoff. Repetitive at times. Interesting topics brought up and explored. Good sense of details. Feels authentic and warm. Feels like a short story made into a feature film that...
★★★★★
I can't believe this was only on for two hours, I genuinely felt as if it had been on for over three, it feels incredibly long. It's powerful story, but I felt that some of the bite of it doesn't quite cut through, because of the pacing. Every single scene fe...
★★★★★
I think it is safe to say that If Beale Street Could Talk was my most anticipated film of 2018, given how masterful the trailer was. I was so excited. The trailer made me sob tears of sadness, but also of joy, and I could not wait for the film. Well, I saw the...
★★★★★
I want to love this film and everything about it except, just about every scene is three times longer than it needs to be.
Trailer
If Beale Street Could Talk Official Trailer
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