Plot
The pressures of fame have superstar singer Noni on the edge, until she meets Kaz, a young cop who works to help her find the courage to develop her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be.
Storyline
The pressures of fame have superstar singer Noni on the edge, until she meets Kaz, a young cop who works to help her find the courage to develop her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be.
Cast: Gugu Mbatha-Raw -
Noni
Nate Parker -
Kaz
Minnie Driver -
Macy Jean
Richard Colson Baker -
Kid Culprit
Danny Glover -
Captain Nicol
Darryl Stephens -
Quentin
Elaine Tan -
April
Isaac Keys -
Jonas
Tyler Christopher -
Liam King
Benito Martinez -
Jesse Soria
Aisha Hinds -
J Stanley
India Jean-Jacques -
Noni (age 10)
Deidrie Henry -
Felicia
Estelle -
Herself
Malieek Straughter -
Billboard Awards Stage Manager
Trivia:
The relationship between Noni and her mother was inspired by Gina Prince-Bythewood relationship with her biological mother who she met in her 20s and how she imagined their relationship would have been if her mother had not given her up for adoption. See more »
User Review
Author:
Rating: 7/10
I was at the world premiere today at the Toronto International Film
Festival and just wanted to say that I thought the movie was really
excellent. Definitely on par with the director's other works. It very
easily could have fallen into being a schmaltzy typical chick flick
love story type of movie but it doesn't do that. It is a fairly
predictable love story but the relationship between the 2 main
characters is great and feels authentic and emotionally truthful. They
had a pretty strong, palpable chemistry together. You could see a real
attraction between the two on screen and only adds to the intensity.
Minnie Driver was great as well as Noni's driving, determined mother
and manager doing everything she could to make her daughter a star. Not
really an Oscar movie but good solid directing and screenplay and
really great acting performances particularly from Driver, Gugu
Mbatha-Raw, and (the extremely handsome and delicious) Nate Parker.
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