Moonlight (2016)

We watch Chiron as a young boy struggling to fit in, then as teen navigating his mother's addiction and his budding homosexuality, then as a lonely man.

Yes, it's important and moving but it also draaaaaaaagged. I was sad that Mahershala Ali's character didn't stick around past the first act as he was definitely the best thing in Chiron's life (and the movie). But perhaps that’s part of the message: for too many, a support network is neither a given nor a constant.

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