If Beale Street Could Talk currently has an average rating of 6.8 out of 10 and has been rated by 102 users on our platform.

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Critic Benjamin Lee
rated 8

In matching the newcomer Layne with James, best known for playing Jesse Owens in Race, he has found a pairing whose chemistry charms and bewitches – with every scene we feel more engaged and then enraged when they’re pulled further apart.

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Critic Eric Kohn
rated 8

...Barry Jenkins takes his cues from the source, transforming Baldwin’s evocative vision of young lovers grappling with race and class into a masterful poetic romance... Yet... also maintains his own profound, expressionistic aesthetic...

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Critic Rasmus Friis
rated 7

...når kameraet svæver fra scene til scene, bundet sammen af Nicholas Britells Oscar-nominerede, jazzede score, er det svært ikke at overgive sig til det fornemme filmhåndværk.

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Critic Océanne Texier
rated 8

...den bästa skådespelarinsatsen kommer inte helt oväntat ifrån den ständigt underskattade Regina King. King spelar Tish mor, en bestämd och tuff kvinna som gör allt för sin dotter.

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Critic Hynek Pallas
rated 8

Det är omöjligt att inte mäta ”If Beale street could talk” mot den originella ”Moonlight”. Det är samma förföriskt flytande handlag med scenografi, dialog, musik, foto och ansiktsspel...

Read full review at Göteborgs-Posten
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