"Beyond The Lights" trailer has been released! This movie could be something to look forward in November!
The drama film first premiered at Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2014. Its US film release date is set for November 14, 2014.
The plot summary provided by Coming Soon reads:
"Beyond the Lights" is the story of Noni, the music world's latest superstar. But not all is what it seems, and the pressures of fame have Noni on the edge - until she meets Kaz Nicol, a young cop and aspiring politician who's been assigned to her detail. Drawn to each other, Noni and Kaz fall fast and hard, despite the protests of those around them who urge them to put their career ambitions ahead of their romance. But it is ultimately Kaz's love that gives Noni the courage to find her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be."
The drama film is directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. Gina is known for her film, "Love and Basketball."
Gugu Mbatha-Raw played the role of Noni. Other casts are the following:
- Minnie Driver as Macy Jean
- Nate Parker as Kaz Nicol
- Danny Glover as Captain David Nicol
- Machine Gun Kelly as Kid Culprit
- Jordan Belfi as Steve Sams
- Hayley Marie Norman as Shai
- Tom Wright as Reverend Brown
- Jesse Woodrow as Carl
Andrew Barker, Variety's Senior Features Writer, described the film as 'enjoyable but frustrating.' His explanation reads:
"...the type of film that seems to repeatedly win its audience over with one scene only to lose it with the next. For example, the angles from which Prince-Bythewood shoots the lonely Noni in her cavernous, antiseptic mansion speak much louder than, say, a scene of her smashing the framed magazine covers that adorn her walls, yet the director includes a scene of the latter all the same. At times her view of the record industry has an insider's wry knowingness, and at others she'll have some oily label head bellow, "If she doesn't kick ass at the BET Awards, we'll drop her from the label!" (The less said about the double shot of schmaltz that ends the film, the better.)"
