Watch: Beyond the Lights 2014 123movies, Full Movie Online – Romance ignites between a troubled young singer on the cusp of stardom, and a handsome young cop with political ambitions in this drama about the power of walking your own path. Noni Jean (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) is a talented singer whose ethereal voice has taken the world of music by storm. A glimpse beneath the surface, however, reveals a girl who’s cracking under the pressure to top the charts. When Noni tries to end it all, concerned cop Kaz Nicol (Nate Parker) pulls her back from the ledge, and shows her that life is still worth living. Along the way, Noni and Kaz fall head over heels in love. Meanwhile, the powers that be conspire to keep them apart as well as focused on their respective careers. But without Kaz’s love, Noni may never find her true voice…
Plot: 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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brief review from world premiere at TIFF
I was at the world premiere today at the Toronto International Film Festival and just wanted to say that I thought the movie was really excellent. Definitely on par with the director’s other works. It very easily could have fallen into being a schmaltzy typical chick flick love story type of movie but it doesn’t do that. It is a fairly predictable love story but the relationship between the 2 main characters is great and feels authentic and emotionally truthful. They had a pretty strong, palpable chemistry together. You could see a real attraction between the two on screen and only adds to the intensity. Minnie Driver was great as well as Noni’s driving, determined mother and manager doing everything she could to make her daughter a star. Not really an Oscar movie but good solid directing and screenplay and really great acting performances particularly from Driver, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and (the extremely handsome and delicious) Nate Parker.
Good Movie, Good Acting, Decent Plot
This movie was a surprising treat. Very well acted, great on-screen chemistry, and a decent plot. This movie to some degree has elements of your typical boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl scenario. This is not to discredit the plot in anyway, however, the plot of this movie has great substance.I appreciate the fact that the movie didn’t just rest on the main plot of boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl scenario. The sub- plot was very intriguing. I enjoyed the director/writer’s exploration and vivid illustration concerning the exploitation of females in the music industry. Very raw, very unapologetic and thought provoking.
Although, the beginning of the movie the plot felt a bit rushed. Very early in the movie the writer places her audience in a very emotional and pivotal scene (Noni on the balcony). However, the scene would’ve been a little more powerful had the audience been given more time to understand the complexity of the main character.
I am a proponent for African American film to progress in a positive direction. This director/writer of this movie has the goods and I’m eager to see what else she has up her sleeve.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 56 min (116 min)
Budget 7000000
Revenue 14618727
Status Released
Rated PG-13
Genre Drama, Music, Romance
Director Gina Prince-Bythewood
Writer Gina Prince-Bythewood
Actors Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Nate Parker, Minnie Driver
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 1 Oscar. 4 wins & 26 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Dolby
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Arri Alexa M
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format Codex
Cinematographic Process ARRIRAW (2.8K) (source format), Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format)
Printed Film Format N/A