Noni Jean is a hot new rising star. But not all is what it seems, and the pressure causes Noni to nearly fall apart - until she meets Kaz Nicol, a promising young cop and aspiring politician who's been assigned to her detail. Can Kaz's love give Noni the courage to find her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be?
Acting
Gugu Mbatha-Raw's transformation is SILLY good.
Direction
Prince-Bythewood makes pop stardom feel genuinely dangerous.
Score
The Diane Warren ballade that SHOULD have won.
Director
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gugu Mbatha-Raw sang all her own vocals and spent months training with a vocal coach to develop Noni's 'manufactured' vs 'real' voice.
Prince-Bythewood specifically wrote this as a response to how media covers Black women celebrities in crisis—think Rihanna post-Chris Brown, Whitney, Amy.
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