Moonlight (EOTWS)

End Of The Week Shorts #44 extract: Moonlight (2016)

A solid film. I didn't care for this the first time I watched this, and though it hasn't really clicked with me, I can say that it did pull me in quite considerably today. 

The substance of Moonlight lies in questioning the emotional subtext and the elements of the story that are lost to ellipses; how does Chiron change in prison; what it the impact that Juan has on him before he leaves; how much does the absence of a father figure matter? Whilst these are questions that locked me into the film, I certainly think that the story is rather weak and not supported well enough by character. In the end, this isn't great, but it's pretty good.