One Night in Miami...

100 minutes of talking!And it feels like 10min.Should appreciate the screenplay for such a masterpiece

What a great film! The acting from all four of the main actors is amazing. I think they all nailed the feel of their respective characters. It was a smart choice to go with lesser known actors for this characters since they incredibly well known. Kingsley Ben-Adir was especially good as Malcolm X, I think he nailed the tone well. I loved the dialogue, and thought they brought up important issues and ideas that aren't normally discussed. Some might find it a little slow because it is a dialogue-heavy film, with one main setting, but I was entertained throughout. Regina King has killed it with her directing debut

Wonderfully acted and the issues discussed stay with you. Timely for when it was set and sadly more relevant for now.
Great Cast and considering it's minimal locations the director keeps it flowing well.
A little stagey with long monologues but when done this well it is worth the watch.

One Night in Miami is a great movie. Over the past few months this slowly became one of my most anticipated films of the rest of the year. I was happy this was one of the two films that I was able to get tickets for during the festival season ( the other film being Minari). I was sort of surprised at how much I ended up liking this. The plot is good it’s a moving and entertaining story. It’s sad that a lot of the racial things talked about by the main characters is still relevant even though the events took place over 60 years ago. The pacing is okay the first and second are kinda slow. It’s takes a while to get the energy flowing but around the third act when it starts going it really gets going.

The acting is great Kingsley Ben-Adair, Eli Goree, Aldis Hoodge, and Leslie Odom Jr. give great performances. I didn’t expect such energetic and passionate performances from the four leading actors. Their friendships feel very believable and their chemistry is really good. This film seriously had great casting all four actors give equally great performances.

The direction is great from Regina King, the direction is really strong and impressive especially for her directorial debut. I haven’t seen If Beale Street Could Talk but I bet she’s an even better director than she is an actress. Kemp Power’s script is fantastic it was easily the best part of the film. It’s a swift and intelligent script. The cinematography is pretty good and editing is pretty good as well. In terms of the Oscars I feel this film has a chance of getting nominated for some of the big Oscars like Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, and a few acting nods. The ending has great emotional payoff and is a satisfying ending. Overall One Night in Miami is a slow paced but moving and entertaining film that’s definitely one of the years best so far.

(8 out of 10)

Celebrate Regina King’s birthday by watching this wonderful directorial debut. Happy Birthday, Regina!

It was great to see all these powerful men in one room, talking about their beliefs and struggles. A win from Regina King

"It's been a long time comin' but i know change gon' come." Those lyrics are more powerful today as they were in the 60's.

If the words wont get to you, the music will.

This kind of screenplay is always difficult to pull off successfully and Regina King did a brilliant job here. With that said, I feel like the film’s power comes a lot more from the four personalities being represented and explored and their legacies off-screen than from its diegetic world. That’s not to say the script, the acting and the directing aren’t great - they are - but the pull for me personally was much more related to the people I knew these men were in real life than anything else. But definitely worth your time and some sequences are really really great.