Class and culture clash when a college educated journalist from Brooklyn and a homeboy-bike messenger from Harlem fall in love.Class and culture clash when a college educated journalist from Brooklyn and a homeboy-bike messenger from Harlem fall in love.Class and culture clash when a college educated journalist from Brooklyn and a homeboy-bike messenger from Harlem fall in love.
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- 3 nominations total
Thomas Mackie
- Raheim
- (as Thomas Mackey)
Derrick Downey Jr.
- Livingston
- (as Derrick Downey)
Marquise Vilsón
- Babyface
- (as Marquise Vilson)
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Fantastic film and directing. The realistic depiction of gay relationships and culture that resonated with my entire family. The love scenes were tasteful, artistic, and romantic. The music was phenomenal and perfectly interwoven, The movie left me wanting more of each character. Well done!
Putting politics aside, the film was excellent. I was thinking I might see something like a YouTube flick, but this film is a cinematic accomplishment. It is well shot, great acting and a nice adaptation of the book- using current themes while staying true to the overall premise of the book. Great job for the director Jussie Smollet, whether you like him or not.
I liked that this movie had some negative aspects to the main character's relationship. You can tell this movie had a certain budget to work with to get produced... but overall I loved the storyline.
B-Boy Blues is a complex film, with a script that doesn't go much further than being one more illustration of reality. It's hard to appreciate his efforts to portray another world when the speech itself falls short. The lack of concepts is just ridiculous.
Very impressive. It gives a bit of early Spike Lee's jittery cam style set in Brooklyn. It also is an honest tale of the black b boy gay culture whose narrative is brazenly missing in the LGBTQ film arena. The acting was great all around and if her role was longer rapper/talk show host Heather B who played a supporting role could have easily received an Oscar nod for Supporting Actress as her role of the caring auntie.
Did you know
- SoundtracksMake Me Over
From the album "From the Vault of Helva Records"
Written and Arranged by Herschel Dwellingham
Performed by The Escorts
Courtesy of Grass of Home Productions and Publishing (BMI)
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- 1h 43m(103 min)
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- 16:9 HD
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