If Beale Street Could Talk

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2018

2h 0m

English

Romance, Drama

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After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.

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If Beale Street Could Talk

Movie

2018

2h 0m

English

Romance, Drama

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After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.

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Cast

Tish Rivers

Alonzo "Fonny" Hunt

Sharon Rivers

Ernestine Rivers

Joseph Rivers

Young Fonny

Young Tish

Adrienne Hunt

Sheila Hunt

Frank Hunt

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Mrs. Hunt

Pedrocito

Victoria Rogers

Officer Bell

Hayward

Daniel Carty

Levy

Italian Punk

Italian Grocer

Pietro Alvarez

Alonzo Jr

Directed By: Barry Jenkins

Written By: Barry Jenkins (Screenplay), James Baldwin (Novel)

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Saint Pauly says...

6 years ago

If Beale Street Could Talk it would say this film is like a vintage recliner, it looks good and it feels good but it just sits there and doesn't go anywhere.

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nmahoney416 says...

6 years ago

A touching love story. Beautifully shot and an amazing score. Some great performances, especially Brian Tyree Henry (which he is having just a fantastic year).

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2016moonlight says...

6 years ago

Moonlight’s basically my favourite film so I was really looking forward to watching Barry’s second feature and I’m sad it didn’t struck me as intensely as Moonlight did. I think much of it is due to the screenwriting which Barry contributed to but didn’t do by himself in Moonlight, unlike in this film which he wrote all on his own and for me, it was underwhelming. The pace was a bit off and dragged in some parts, but the story was still relevant. Now, what is undeniably Barry’s strong point is the beautiful way he shoots his films, and what i feel will become his signature slow motion close ups. The love story was beautiful, sure, but i feel like the issue the film deals with deserved something more dramatic. But still, I quite liked it. 8/10

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evalentisoler says...

5 years ago

Boring, boring and boring. I am sorry but leaving aside the technical movie aspects, I found the story pretty weak and way too long.

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AndrewBloom

CONTAINS SPOILERS9/10 5 years ago

[9.4/10] Nobody blends love and tragedy like Barry Jenkins. *If Beale Street Could Talk* is, like *Moonlight* before it, a profound story of two people who very much belong together, but who broken systems rip apart. It is both heartening and heart-breaking, a movie that will make you want to celebr More

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Stephen Campbell

5 years ago

**_Beautifully shot, but emotionally languid_**

> **Studs Terkel**: _Did you feel a sense of shame about a heritage that is really so_ rich_, when you accepted the white man's stereotype of yourself?_
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>**James Baldwin**: _I'm afraid that is one of the great dilemmas, one of the_ great _psych More

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