save hide report. Great movie, really, but I don't think the ending was satisfying in any way.

moonlight definition: 1. the pale light of the moon: 2. to work at an extra job, especially without telling your main…. Please tell me, in all caps, how wrong I am.

That being said, I don’t think the movie’s untrue. share. With Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Trevante Rhodes, Alex R. Hibbert. Especially visually, it isn’t. 9 comments.

Here’s what else you need to know about the movie as it continues through awards season. “I mean Moonlight is not necessarily a realist movie by any stretch of the imagination. A young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.
“Moonlight” ends with a flicker of hope. Learn more.


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... To me, Moonlight is about betrayal.

Directed by Barry Jenkins.



After coursing through three disillusioned chapters in the life of our young main character, Chiron, the movie poses a question: Will he embrace the truth of his sexuality, or will the homophobia that taunts him continue to dictate his well-being? Thank you. Moonlight’s Chiron shares his name with the immortal centaur from Greek mythology, the son of the titan Cronus and a half-brother to Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades, among others.