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Moonlight

Movie · 2016 · 111 min

A tender, aching portrait of a life shaped by silence and touch, unfolding with poetic restraint and quiet devastation.

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2016 film directed by Barry Jenkins
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Year
2016
Runtime
111 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • family
  • coming-of-age
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • suburbs
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism9
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

Details

Genres
drama, LGBTQ-related, coming-of-age
Directed by
Barry Jenkins
Written by
Barry Jenkins, Tarell Alvin McCraney
Starring
Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Janelle Monáe, André Holland, Trevante Rhodes, Ashton Sanders, Jharrel Jerome, Alex R. Hibbert
Music
Nicholas Britell
Cinematography
James Laxton
Runtime
111 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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