What a beautiful and heartbreaking film. If Beale Street Could Talk is from writer/director Barry Jenkins, who also gifted us with the amazing Oscar-winning film Moonlight. During my journey in 2020 to see all the Oscar-winning Best Pictures, Moonlight was among the films I would consider in the Top Five of all those I watched. Because of that, my hopes were high for this one and I wasn’t disappointed.
The film stars Kiki Layne and Stephen James as a young couple full of love, hope, dreams, and commitment to each other. Their growth together as a couple is horrendously marred when one of them is unjustly imprisoned for something they didn’t do. Sadly, much of what this film lays bare is an all too common and inexcusable travesty of how our U.S. criminal justice system operates.
Stephen James has been on my radar now after seeing him in several other films/series. This film confirmed my belief that he is bound to be an Oscar-winning actor in the years ahead. And of course, Regina King, in her supporting role, was magnificent as always. I will now make it a personal mandate to see anything and everything that Barry Jenkins directs.
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