Review of Moonlight (2016) by Movie M — 28 Mar 2017

Coming into "Moonlight" I had incredibly high expectations, after watching it win multiple oscars, and just seeing the amazing amount of praise it got. I can now say that after watching it, all of that has lived up to the standards, this movie is beautiful.

Everything about the way this movie was shot was wonderfully done, the scenes were set up so that you could really capture how rough the environment that Chiron grew up in was. The acting was absolutely astonishing, especially by all three Chirones; Alex R.

Hibbert (Young Chirone), Ashton Sanders (Teen Chirone), and Trevante Rhodes (Adult Chirone), all three of them, plus pretty much everyone else in this movie contributed greatly to the quality of the movie.

The pacing was also very well done in this movie, every scene held importance, however I feel like they had the opposite problem that most movies have, instead of going on too long, "Moonlight" almost goes too short, as I feel as though some parts to the story go unanswered, because the main focus of the story is on Chirone and his life, however I would've liked to see some of the subplots surrounding the side characters tie up completely, and I don't feel as though that happened.

Still, though, "Moonlight" deserves all the praise it gets, and is most definitely among the top movies of 2016, and is definitely worth the watch.