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- At first blush, Beyond the Lights might seem like an updated version of The Bodyguard. This is winkingly alluded to in an early scene, but writer and director Gina Prince-Bythewood manages to add enough wrinkles of her own to her latest effort, tying it to themes explored previously in her work.
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Nov 14, 2014 · “Beyond the Lights” makes unapologetically damning statements about the music industry’s treatment of women, yet it never feels preachy. It strikes a risky, though successful balancing act between being immensely entertaining as a musical feature and making dramatic, important statements about depression, self-worth and female empowerment.
Nov 12, 2014 · The rare Hollywood feature that is written and directed by a woman (Gina Prince-Bythewood), “Beyond the Lights” is an obvious, middling chick flick that moves far too slowly from each...
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw
- Gina Prince-Bythewood
- 2 min
Thanks to smart direction and a powerhouse performance from Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Beyond the Lights transcends its formulaic storyline to deliver thoroughly entertaining drama. Read Critics...
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- Gina Prince-Bythewood
- PG-13
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Nov 14, 2014 · From the writer-director of the beloved “Love & Basketball,” Gina Prince-Bythewood, “Beyond the Lights” seems like it will follow the tried-and-true celebrity-and-commoner formula seen in “The...
Fifteen minutes into Beyond the Lights and I was about to dismiss Gina Prince- Bythewood's film as yet another formulaic celebrity romance trying to be this generation's The Bodyguard. But after the story and the characters were introduced, I realized there was much more to the simple premise.
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- Drama, Music, Romance
- Gina Prince-Bythewood
- 2014-11-14
Nov 13, 2014 · Beyond The Lights’ star-crossed love story is a tale as old as Romeo And Juliet, and its specific milieu is at least as old as The Bodyguard. But Prince-Bythewood’s script has a distinctly modern angle that smartly incorporates the current entertainment-industry climate, as well as the intersection of social media, tabloids, and celebrity ...
Sep 6, 2014 · 7. At first blush, Beyond the Lights might seem like an updated version of The Bodyguard. This is winkingly alluded to in an early scene, but writer and director Gina Prince-Bythewood manages to...
