2016 Directed by Barry Jenkins
The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.
Joshua Adeniji Onnalee Blank Christopher Bonis Alessandro Checcacci Chris David Frederick Howard Mathew Waters
MOONLIGHT is *MAGNIFICENT.* a specific but utterly symphonic portrait of masculinity in the modern world. every shot is seared into my brain. it's also a devastatingly beautiful love story. to put it in the most reductive / tantalizing terms possible, think CAROL by way of Frank Ocean.
most likely the best film of 2016 so far.
The hype has never, ever, ever been so real. And the best birthday present that I ever could have asked for. A marvel -- a modern masterwork of unadulterated understanding. Understanding of isolation, of idiosyncrasies; understanding of care, of compassion; understanding of darkness & disparities, of spectrums, of sexuality; understanding of memories & maliciousness, of (forced) numbness, of nostalgia; understanding of catharsis. Catharsis. The third act of this film is nothing short of the purest shaping and structuring of cathartic cinema. One of, if not the finest sophomore feature of the last half-decade. A miracle of a film... an experience which we are blessed to have exist in our current, rapturously unsympathetic reality.
It doesn't matter who you sleep with, look like, voted for, your age, what part of the world you live in, your hairstyle, who your favorite member of Nickelback is, what type of car you drive, what music you listen to, your sex; a good movie is a good movie. You don't have to be a certain "type" of person to appreciate quality cinema. A great film should bring people closer, not rip them apart. That's what I got out of Barry Jenkins' Moonlight.
Mahershala Ali is the motherfucker, ain't he? Fuck yes! What a screen presence. The orange juice scene will stay with me for a very long time. For such a short amount of time on screen, Mr…
I'm not sure we as a society deserve a movie as empathetic and open-hearted as Moonlight right now, but I'm grateful it exists.
my 2018 achievement is making it through the "Hello Stranger" scene without immediately bursting into tears
As a straight white man, I honestly wasn't expecting to identify with a film about a gay black man, but somehow, "Moonlight" got me to. It's a film that invites the viewer to see the world through the eyes of its main character, and one of the ways it does this is by showing you the full extent of his pain. In real life, most people hide their pain behind some sort of a mask in their everyday interactions, whether it be through a series of lies, a different persona, or even the simplest of phrases: "I'm fine." However, this film holds nothing back. We get to know its subject in nearly every way possible, and almost no aspect of…
Touching and powerful and heartbreaking with great performances out its big misty-eyed wazoo.
Beautiful storytelling. Moving and excellent performance from the cast but I got to give props to the three leads for maintaining a through-line in the personality of the main character, as well as to the director and editor who no doubt made those transitions feel seamless.
this really exceeded my expectations and what i say can’t do this movie any justice. i love the emotional attachment that i immediately felt for chiron. he was goong through a lot, but couldn’t find the words or stand up for himself. i loved the paternal bond between juan and chiron, too, it was just so touching to see him find a parental figure when he didn’t have one at home and learn from someone. all of the characters in general had their own struggles; none of them were perfect and that’s what i loved about it so much. the atmosphere throughout the movie changes really subtly and i would watch this again given the chance.
Per Axel Hagne 92 films
We're all familiar with the ups and downs of life and Sometimes we seek company with others, sometimes when things…
bel 90 films
this is just purely a list of movies that have impacted me and have made me reflect and change my…
