Review of Moonlight (2016) by Anderson G — 24 Feb 2017

For those who see the movie without having read the synopsis and have not seen a trailer or any news of the movie, "Moonlight" surprises, as it gives every impression of dealing with a theme and totally surprises, we see gangster, suburbs, drugs, violence, and The theme of the film is sexuality, or rather, the understanding of it.

We have a script adapted from a piece, and very well adapted, following a narrative line to which each act of the film represents a stage of the life of our protagonist and all the people around him also grow and all the actors change, with the exception of your mother.

We see the story of Chiron, a young man who lives on the margins of society, living a relationship of hatred and love with his chemically dependent mother, where you seek affectionate bonds in another family, living at the mercy of discrimination for your personality and living with Doubts about their sexuality, we see 3 stages of Chiron's life.

The film deals with self discovery in a visceral way, it is not cute or romantic, or seeks the discovery of youth through flowers and love, no, it is heavy, violent, shocking, annoying, as I said before, it is a Visceral way of dealing with the topic.

The photograph of the film is completely beautiful, with a blue palette, as foci that blur and mix passages, the photography is sometimes almost experimental, and I particularly enjoyed it, the soundtrack of the film is completely perfect, full of instrumental songs that dictate The tone of the movie, he knows to be pop at the right time, and if he uses the music to talk with the narrative of the movie, we also have a great sound mix and a good edition, and the camera strolls behind our characters and likes to film In profile.

All performances are spectacular, although it appears only in the first act of the film, Mahershala Ali completely steals the scene, and Naomie Harris, the only one who appears in the three acts of the film, impresses in all three acts, full of improvisations, he is weaselable, amiable , It enters the camera and almost breaks the fourth wall, and the 3 actors who play Chiron play their role perfectly, and it's amazing how the 3 talk in the film, even if very different, the first participation of Barry Jenkins as director Is great, it gives me the feeling that this is the work of your life, even so, let's follow your filmography closely.

Finally, "Moonlight" is a good movie, technically very good, sometimes it focuses too much on what it should not and leaves a lot of holes, but this is Barry's choice, although I do not agree I understand, and I really like the movie.