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Love Beats Rhymes

  • 20172017
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  • 1h 46m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
1.1K
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Common, Lucien Laviscount, Hana Mae Lee, and Azealia Banks in Love Beats Rhymes (2017)
An aspiring hip-hop artist discovers the world of slam poetry.
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Azealia Banks, Jill Scott, Lucien Laviscount, and Common lead this inspiring, music-filled story of a struggling rapper looking to find her own voice.Azealia Banks, Jill Scott, Lucien Laviscount, and Common lead this inspiring, music-filled story of a struggling rapper looking to find her own voice.Azealia Banks, Jill Scott, Lucien Laviscount, and Common lead this inspiring, music-filled story of a struggling rapper looking to find her own voice.
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
1.1K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
28,783
9,890
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    • Director
      • RZA
    • Writer
      • Nicole Jefferson Asher
    • Stars
      • John David Washington
      • Common
      • Lucien Laviscount
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    • Director
      • RZA
    • Writer
      • Nicole Jefferson Asher
    • Stars
      • John David Washington
      • Common
      • Lucien Laviscount
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    • 9User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
    • 54Metascore

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    Hana Mae Lee in Love Beats Rhymes (2017)
    Azealia Banks in Love Beats Rhymes (2017)
    Azealia Banks in Love Beats Rhymes (2017)
    Jill Scott and Lucien Laviscount in Love Beats Rhymes (2017)
    Lucien Laviscount and Azealia Banks in Love Beats Rhymes (2017)
    Hana Mae Lee in Love Beats Rhymes (2017)
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    Jill Scott and Azealia Banks in Love Beats Rhymes (2017)

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    John David Washington
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    • Mahlik
    Common
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    • Coltrane
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    • Derek
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    Method Man
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    Jill Scott
    • Professor Dixon
    Arjun Gupta
    Arjun Gupta
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    Daniella De JesΓΊs
    Daniella De JesΓΊs
    • Tomboyish Latina
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    Mary Christina Brown
    Mary Christina Brown
    • Sapphire
    Jeremie Harris
    Jeremie Harris
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    Jin Au-Yeung
    Jin Au-Yeung
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    Jas Anderson
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    Caleb Eberhardt
    Caleb Eberhardt
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    Bryan Burton
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    • Trivia
      Azealia Banks cancelled parts of her tour to have time to film the movie.
    • Soundtracks
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      Written by Chief WaKil (as Mansa Wakili), Cheapshot (as Colton Fisher), Jason Rabinowitz, James Katalbas and Jaron Lamot

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    7/10
    Formulaic plot doesn't spoil a great film
    So.. any film that starts with a rap battle is an instant turn-off for me. But this is neither a story of how life is tough in the streets, or how women are strong. Like step up movies, there is quite a formulaic plot, but unlike those films, the acting is great.. natural and simple. The lead is a good actress. The poetry and rap is good, and really gives body to the film. There is a real love of the content shown by the writers and director. I thought it was touching and made me realise myself that I was missing poetry and needed to keep expression and feeling in my life. Some famous faces in there, and erm, it just seemed to fit together well in a very satisfying way. I wanted to give it an 8, but it just doesn't have the intrigue that could be created with a better storyline. If you like art and have feelings of some type, watch the film.
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    • Jun 26, 2019

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    • Release date
      • December 1, 2017 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • It Doesn't Have to Rhyme
    • Production companies
      • Codeblack Films
      • Lionsgate
      • Spoken Productions
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      1 hour 46 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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