If Beale Street Could Talk
2018 · Movie · R · 120 min · ★ 6.9 · 91% critics
When a young Black woman learns she’s pregnant, her world is upended as her fiancé is jailed for a crime he didn’t commit. With time running short, she leans on family, love, and determination to fight a system stacked against them and try to prove his innocence.
Based on If Beale Street Could Talk
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-12-14
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Critic score
- 91/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (1,225 votes)
- Budget
- $12,000,000
About
You may like this if you want a poetic, slow-burn romance shaped by injustice and family pressure, similar in mood to Past Lives or A Ghost Story; Not for you if you need fast pacing or lots of plot turns.
Pros: powerful performances; tender love story; strong emotional weight | Cons: very slow pace; uneven focus; dialogue feels unnatural
Themes
- new york city
- based on novel or book
- 1970s
- romance
- flashback
- lawyer
- harlem, new york city
- devoted family man
- false imprisonment
- love story
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 2019
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Cast & crew
KiKi Layne
as Tish Rivers
Stephan James
as Alonzo "Fonny" Hunt
Regina King
as Sharon Rivers
Colman Domingo
as Joseph Rivers
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
as Mrs. Hunt
Michael Beach
as Frank Hunt
Finn Wittrock
as Hayward
Brian Tyree Henry
as Daniel Carty
Emily Rios
as Victoria Rogers
Teyonah Parris
as Ernestine Rivers
Directed by Barry Jenkins