
Variety
A strange beast, a music-industry romance that alternates freely between wisdom and mawkishness...
Full reviewFilmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood (The Secret Life of Bees) writes and directs this drama about a superstar singer (Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Belle), negatively impacted by fame to the point of becoming suicidal. But when she drops herself from a building, a young cop arrives in time to save her. From that moment, a relationship forms between the law-enforcer and the singer, helping her discover the artistry she thought she gave up.
A strange beast, a music-industry romance that alternates freely between wisdom and mawkishness...
Full reviewBeneath the shiny surface of music-video imagery and true-loveisms lie some provocative ideas and deep truths about how people relate on a private level vs. a public one.
Full reviewGina Prince-Bythewood's entertaining music-biz melodrama is no less satisfying for the familiarity of its soapy trajectory.
Full reviewWe aren’t aware of any way to watch Beyond the Lights in New Zealand. If we’ve got that wrong, please contact us.
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