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Beats

Beats

Drama · Music · 2019

An agoraphobic hip-hop prodigy and a disgraced former music manager cross paths in Chicago’s South Side and help each other face demons of their pasts.

Movie details

Beats

“Rise above the noise”

2019 Drama · Music 1h 49m

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TMDB

6.6 / 10

Community rating

An agoraphobic hip-hop prodigy and a disgraced former music manager cross paths in Chicago’s South Side and help each other face demons of their pasts.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Beats?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Chris Robinson

Written by

Miles Orion Feldsott

Anthony Anderson

Anthony Anderson

Romelo Reese

Khalil Everage

Khalil Everage

August Monroe

Uzo Aduba

Uzo Aduba

Carla Monroe

Emayatzy Corinealdi

Emayatzy Corinealdi

Vanessa Robinson

Paul Walter Hauser

Paul Walter Hauser

Terrence

Dreezy

Dreezy

Queen Cabrini

J

Julian Williams

Young Buck

Court is in session

Put Beats on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.