#2016 epic movies movie

Stephanie Zacharek ( Time): “Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight-which Jenkins adapted from a story by playwright Tarell McCraney-is a coming-of-age movie, and a love story, that leaves you feeling both stripped bare and restored, slightly better prepared to step out and face the world of people around you, with all the confounding challenges they present. But the film’s greatest gift may be that flood of cleansing tears-which, by the time this spare but affecting film was over, I was also shedding in copious volume.”

#2016 epic movies movie

But it’s distributed by A24, the company that handled another tough-sell contender last year, “Room,” and guided it to Oscar noms for Best Picture and Best Director ( Lenny Abrahamson) and a Best Actress win for Brie Larson.ĭish ‘Moonlight’ with Hollywood insiders in our notorious forumsĭo you think the universal acclaim for “Moonlight” will bolster its Oscar chances? Check out some of the reviews below, and discuss the film with Hollywood insiders in our movie forum.ĭana Stevens ( Slate): “Moonlight is one of those movies that showers its audience with blessings: raw yet accomplished performances from a uniformly fine cast, casually lyrical camerawork, and a frankly romantic soundtrack that runs the gamut from ’70s Jamaican pop to a Mexican folk song crooned by the Brazilian Caetano Veloso. Normally a film like “Moonlight” would be a tough sell for awards voters: it’s an understated story about underprivileged black characters by a relatively unknown director ( Barry Jenkins) and without A-list stars. As it stands the expert film journalists we’ve polled rank “Moonlight” third for Best Picture with 9/1 odds, right behind frontrunner “La La Land” (9/2 odds) and “Manchester by the Sea” (6/1 odds). That’s going to make the film a force to be reckoned with at this fall’s critics awards, which often set the stage for the Oscars.