Review of Moonlight (2016) by Ahmed R — 04 Apr 2017

This film includes good direction, scoring and cinematography, and stand out performances by Naomi Harris and Ashton Sanders. Despite all of that, and it's relevant and "important" subject matter, it is still the movie equivalent of Rohypnol and left no impression on me at all.

The bullying scenes were a little too "after-school special" and fake, and its snail-like pace really tests the audience. This film will get faux love, genuine love, faux criticism and genuine criticism, so it may be hard to determine if you should go see it.

I say, unless you have a particular interest, save your time and money. Lastly, fuck Oscars and their constant insistence of awarding political correctness instead of pure art and movie magic. #LaLaLandteam.