Storyline
Noni Jean is a hot new rising star. But not all is what it seems, and the pressure causes Noni to nearly fall apart - until she meets Kaz Nicol, a promising young cop and aspiring politician who's been assigned to her detail. Can Kaz's love give Noni the courage to find her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be?
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Cast
Benito Martinez, Aisha Hinds, Danny Glover, Malieek Straughter, Nate Parker, Aml Ameen, Tina D'Marco, Wade Allain-Marcus, Minnie Driver, Jordan Belfi, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ithamar Enriquez, Laurieann Gibson, Amar'e Stoudemire, Hayley Marie Norman, Ashley Hamilton, Don Lemon, Gil Darnell, Machine Gun Kelly, India Jean-Jacques, Darryl Stephens, Elaine Tan, Isaac Keys, Tyler Christopher, Deidrie Henry, Estelle, Brandon Wilson, Greg Davis Jr., Sky Soleil, Rob Locke, Jesse Woodrow, Onahoua Rodriguez, Wren T. Brown, Rocsi, Erika Ringor, Hector Bucio, Tom Wright, Debra Lee, Roland Martin, Chaka Khan, Gayle King, DeAndre Jordan, Myles Perez
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Reviews
83
Mbatha-Raw is shockingly good in creating both the "Noni" public persona and the real Noni.
83
Both Mbatha-Raw and Parker are appealing, expressive actors, and writer-director Gina Prince-Bythewood (Love & Basketball) lets them breathe, filling in the boilerplate bones of the story with smartly nuanced commentary.
83
This is feel-good populist entertainment at heart.
80
Village Voice
A movie isn’t a cliché when it can sing like this.
80
The Dissolve
Melodrama is defined by exaggerated characters and events, as well as overt appeals to emotion, and Beyond The Lights fits that mold ably and comfortably. But beneath the shiny surface of music-video imagery and true-loveisms lie some provocative ideas and deep truths about how people relate on a private level vs. a public one.
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