Beyond the Lights is a good,but not great movie. But the reason for that is surprising. I had thought from the reviews that the film's real draw would be the script, but it's not. The script is good,but kind of sappy even as far as romantic films go. The real compelling stuff comes from the points that the film is trying to say about the pop music business in general,and just how much the actors sell the entire thing. I can imagine how this entire thing could have fallen apart without a good array of actors,but these are actors that know what they are doing. Gugu Mbatha-Raw is as always compelling,and I think that she is going to be one of the rising stars of this generation of actors. Nate Parker does formidable work,but most of the cheesy lines are given to him unfortunately, but his sincerity takes care of that for the most part. The really hitter though for me is Minnie Driver. She plays the "aggressive mother" character,and is pretty much a cold hearted b****. This mean personality really pushes certain scenes of the film to the point of being very emotional. And at it's emotional parts the film is really at it's best. I will make special mention of the music in the film which is surprisingly fine tuned. The trashy and frankly shitty pop music the film is making fun of is trashy and shitty,and the love ballads are surprisingly touching. So Beyond the Lights is not a full classic,but the actors really make it the good movie that it is. I give Beyond the Lights an 8 out of 10.
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