Beyond the Lights Review
- Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
- Starring: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Nate Parker, Minnie Driver, Danny Glover
- Released: November 14, 2014
- Rated: PG-13
- Runtime: 116 min
The Verdict
- The romance between Kaz and Noni is amazing, and the movie explores real relationship issues. It’s a near-perfect date-night pick.
- The ending slides into a typical romantic cliché. Machine Gun Kelly’s acting drags down his scenes.
Synopsis
Full Review (Spoilers)
Beyond the lights is a near perfect movie for a date night. It shows great moments of being there for the one you love. Two people come together and try to make it work between their completely different lives.
Check out down below for a spoiler review on Beyond the Lights. You’ve been warned.
The Good
- This movie feels like a great outing for a couple. It talks a lot about different topics that comes up in relationships. You have the good and bad moments in a relationship plus some a little spicy love scene.
- The relationship between Kaz and Noni was amazing. They both looked great together and played off each other quite well. There are great scenes with both of them. Kaz was a strong guy who didn’t take any crap from anyone while keeping himself very respectful. You can see Kaz breaking down the walls of Noni and bringing out true emotions and views.
The Bad
The ending was kind of cliche with them ending together after the big falling out. This movie spent most of the screen time going away from the norm of dating and it was refreshing. It was sad to see the ending turn to the typical romantic ending.
Machine Gun Kelly was horrid in this movie. His involvement in the movie was playing a part of his lifestyle and it took away from the movie. They could have put someone else in this movie and it would have been better. It felt like he spent a short time taking some acting lessons and made all of his scenes sloppy.
This isn’t really a bad item per-say just a slight disappointing item. Danny Glover doesn’t say his iconic ” I’m too old for this bleep”. When you see him pop up on the screen you’re really waiting for it. The thing that doesn’t help is that he’s a cop too so it should be second nature.
Beyond the Lights (2014) Cast and Details
Beyond the Lights (2014) is directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Nate Parker, Minnie Driver and Danny Glover. It runs 116 minutes and is rated PG-13. You can look up the full cast and crew on IMDb. You might also like my The Hunger Games: MockingJay Part 1 review.
DC's Hypothetical Corner
Let’s say I change one thing. Maybe that one thing will make this movie better or more watchable.
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