Beyond the lights

...Gugu Mbatha-Raw, who does her own singing andembodies Noni so fiercely that she sears the screen. This is a star-making performance...

Gugu Mbatha-Raw is spectacular throughout, both dolled-up in outrageous LA costumes or in her eventual sensible British attire. Nate Parker is equally terrific.

...a fairy tale grounded in something resembling reality and fractured by external circumstance as much as internal doubts.