Review of Moonlight (2016) by Cameron R — 24 Aug 2018

A different style of cinema.

This film brings two other films to mind, 'Dunkirk' and 'Boyhood'. They both follow a life/lives without trying to make a conventional 'story' with a 3 act structure. However, out of the 3 films, that I can think of using this style, Moonlight was the only that truly blew me away. I cannot quite explain why this is the case, and why I didn't have the same connection with the other two, but, 'Dunkirk' left me emotionless, and 'Boyhood' left me bored and unsatisfied, and I felt like there was no real progression in any of the characters. Whereas, Moonlight, invoked emotion and felt incredibly authentic, due to the such real acting and directing. 'Dunkirk' felt the most artificial out of the three, I didn't connect due to their failed attempt at realism. In short, I thought Moonlight was great and recommend it to all.