I saw "Beyond the Lights", starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw-Undercovers_t.v., Larry Crowne; Nate Parker-Non-Stop, Red Tails; Minnie Driver-About a Boy_t.v., Grosse Pointe Blank and Danny Glover-Death at a Funeral, Dreamgirls.
I was a little reluctant to see this movie and sadly, I was not disappointed. Of course, I am not the target audience, what with it being a chick flick, but I'll try my best to be objective. Gugu plays an up and coming pop singer. Minnie is the perfect definition of a stage mother-if you looked in a dictionary, you would see Minnie's picture beside the definition. You could say that Minnie wants Gugu's success more that Gugu does. One night, after winning an award, all the pressures of the pop star life and her mother's constant presence, Gugu drinks a little too much and tries to jump off a balcony. Luckily, the policeman that is assigned to her, Nate, is on hand to save her life, and of course, they fall in love as Nate tries to help straighten out Gugu and her problems. Danny plays Nate's father, who also is a policeman. If you like chick flicks, then this one is not too bad. Gugu does sing a few songs that are not too bad. Plus, how can you not like someone with a name like Gugu? It sounds like you are talking to a baby- Goo Goo-but she definitely doesn't look like a baby. It's rated "PG-13" for language and sexual content-including partial nudity-and has a running time of 1 hour & 56 minutes. Like I said, I'm not the target audience, so I would not buy it on DVD. However, if you are so inclined to chick flicks, it would be alright as a rental.
I was a little reluctant to see this movie and sadly, I was not disappointed. Of course, I am not the target audience, what with it being a chick flick, but I'll try my best to be objective. Gugu plays an up and coming pop singer. Minnie is the perfect definition of a stage mother-if you looked in a dictionary, you would see Minnie's picture beside the definition. You could say that Minnie wants Gugu's success more that Gugu does. One night, after winning an award, all the pressures of the pop star life and her mother's constant presence, Gugu drinks a little too much and tries to jump off a balcony. Luckily, the policeman that is assigned to her, Nate, is on hand to save her life, and of course, they fall in love as Nate tries to help straighten out Gugu and her problems. Danny plays Nate's father, who also is a policeman. If you like chick flicks, then this one is not too bad. Gugu does sing a few songs that are not too bad. Plus, how can you not like someone with a name like Gugu? It sounds like you are talking to a baby- Goo Goo-but she definitely doesn't look like a baby. It's rated "PG-13" for language and sexual content-including partial nudity-and has a running time of 1 hour & 56 minutes. Like I said, I'm not the target audience, so I would not buy it on DVD. However, if you are so inclined to chick flicks, it would be alright as a rental.