Beyond the Lights

How bracing today to have a film that's at once fun, patient, romantic, and real.

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Beyond the Lights

Beyond the Lights is the story of Noni, the music world's latest superstar. But not all is what it seems, and the pressures of fame have Noni on edge - until she meets Kaz Nicol, a young cop and aspiring politician who's been assigned to her detail. Drawn to each other, Noni and Kaz fall fast and hard, despite the protests of those around them, who urge them to put their career ambitions ahead of their romance. But it is ultimately Kaz's love that gives Noni the courage to find her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be.
PG-13
Genre
African-American Experience, Drama, Romance
Runtime
116
Language
English
Director
Prince
Cast
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Nate Parker, Minnie Driver, Danny Glover
FEATURED REVIEW
Dana Stevens, Slate

Beyond the Lights, writer-director Gina Prince-Bythewood’s show-business romance about the slowly blossoming affair between an ascendant pop star and a down-to-earth L.A. cop, is as shamelessly soapy as movies come—but I challenge you not to slip on the soap bubbles and fall right in to this movie’s ...

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