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If Beale Street Could Talk If Beale Street Could Talk
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stuffp
Keeping it Light
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 If Beale Street Could Talk  Quote: If Beale Street Could Talk is a 2018 American romantic drama film directed and written by Barry Jenkins, based on James Baldwin's novel of the same name. It stars KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Colman Domingo, Teyonah Parris, Michael Beach, Dave Franco, Diego Luna, Pedro Pascal, Ed Skrein, Brian Tyree Henry and Regina King. It follows a young African-American woman who, with her family's support, seeks to clear the name of her wrongly charged husband and prove his innocence before the birth of their child.
If Beale Street Could Talk had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2018, and was released in the United States on December 14, 2018 by Annapurna Pictures.
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publicenemy#1
Extraordinary
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Location: San Diego
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Re: If Beale Street Could Talk I thought this was solid but it kinda felt off in the acting from the leads.
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thompsoncory
Rachel McAdams Fan
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Location: LA / NYC
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Re: If Beale Street Could Talk I thought this was brilliant.
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Magic Mike
Wallflower
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Re: If Beale Street Could Talk Beautifully filmed but incredibly slow. Scenes go on for far too long. The scenes with the two young lovers are very repetitive and you never actually get to know these one-dimensional characters. It did start off fine but pretty much right after the meeting of the two families it just got increasingly uninteresting. I have no idea how Regina King is such an unbeatable front-runner for Best Supporting Actress. She's fine here but hardly great. Really doesn't deserve to be nominated let alone win.
The cinematography and music are great. I don't think there's any other aspect I strongly enjoyed. It's a bit of a slog to get through.
5/10 (C)
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publicenemy#1
Extraordinary
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Re: If Beale Street Could Talk I agree about King. She's good but her role hardly leaves an impression.
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David
Pure Phase
Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:33 am
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Location: Maryland
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Re: If Beale Street Could Talk It is gorgeously shot and scored, but also an utter bore. Those endless scenes of the idealized lovers staring at each other in doe-eyed rapture... I constantly wanted to escape them and follow the myriad more compelling one- or two-scene characters on the periphery.
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