One Night in Miami (2020)
88%RT Audience Score: 78%
Awards & Nominations: Nominated for 3 Oscars
67 wins & 181 nominations total
A hauntingly powerful reflection on larger-than-life figures, One Night in Miami finds Regina King in command of her craft in her feature directorial debut
One Night in Miami is the kind of movie that makes you want to go back in time and hang out with the coolest people in history. The performances are so good, you forget you’re watching actors and start to feel like you’re in the room with Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown. And even though it’s set in the 60s, the themes of race, power, and friendship are just as relevant today. Plus, the ending will leave you feeling like you just got punched in the gut (in a good way). Don’t miss this one!
Production Company(ies)
Distributor
Amazon Studios
Release Type
Filming Location(s)
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for language throughout
Year of Release
2021
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:1h 50m
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Language(s):English, Arabic
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Dec 25, 2020 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 15, 2021
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
starring Eli Goree, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Aldis Hodge, Leslie Odom Jr., Lance Reddick, Joaquina Kalukango, directed by Regina King, written by Kemp Powers, drama, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Max Weiss, Clarisse Loughrey, Roxana Hadadi, Sara Stewart, directed by Jessica Calder, Keith Calder, Jody Klein, MPAA rating R, Muhammad Ali, Sonny Liston, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, Jim Brown, civil rights, heavyweight champion, Miami Convention Hall, Amazon Studios, Scope (2.35:1)
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Aldis Hodge – Jim Brown
Leslie Odom Jr. – Sam Cooke
Eli Goree – Cassius Clay
Lance Reddick – Kareem X
Joaquina Kalukango – Betty X
Director – Regina King
Producers – Jessica Calder, Keith Calder, Jody Klein
Writer – Kemp Powers
Director(s)
Regina King
Writer(s)
Kemp Powers
Producer(s)
Jessica Calder, Keith Calder, Jody Klein
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 3 Oscars
67 wins & 181 nominations total
Academy Awards
All Critics (339) | Top Critics (79) | Fresh (333) | Rotten (6)
Usually, with these kind of films, people get caught up in the historical accuracy…here, they move and shift events around, but really, it embraces the spirit of the time and the characters. Can’t speak highly enough for it.
March 2, 2021 | Rating: A
tt stern-enzi
WXIX-TV (Cincinnati, OH)
TOP CRITIC
All the acting here is remarkable.
January 29, 2021
Max Weiss
Baltimore Magazine
TOP CRITIC
One of the captivating elements of this 110-minute movie is its one-night setting. We see the men as they were then and only then.
January 23, 2021
Stephen Romei
The Australian
TOP CRITIC
One Night in Miami… allows us to see these men beyond how history has written them – as figures of pure action and ideology – and as something more relatably human.
January 22, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
Clarisse Loughrey
Independent (UK)
TOP CRITIC
The final moments of One Night in Miami… will haunt you, and they’ll remind you: There’s still work to do.
January 22, 2021
Roxana Hadadi
Pajiba
TOP CRITIC
At this moment in time, King’s directorial debut arrives like a thunderclap.
January 22, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/4
Sara Stewart
New York Post
TOP CRITIC
King’s trust in the material to allow the audience to make their own connections is evident, and in staying out of the way of the script, she allows the performers to make these larger-than-life figures become the real-life men they once were.
May 13, 2022 | Rating: 8/10
Dan Bayer
Next Best Picture
A truly great example of stage-to-film, bristling with life and running out of time all the same. History written with lightning.
March 11, 2022
Cory Woodroof
Williamson Home Page
Best viewed as a portrait of history rather than a document. King and the talented cast capture what this quartet meant to people, rather than who they were, but when it all comes together so gracefully all you can do is sit back and enjoy.
February 28, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
James Luxford
City AM
What becomes evident almost immediately is that King has cast her film so the actors would disappear into their roles, serving the character, not the performer’s celebrity.
February 17, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
To say that One Night in Miami is impressive would be an understatement. This is a film that so easily could have fallen apart if even a single element was not performing to an incredibly high level. Yet every piece of the film is truly inspired.
February 12, 2022
Carson Timar
Filmotomy
The performances were phenomenal. I’m disappointed by how much this was ignored during the 2020 awards season but hoping that people will continue to find this incredible gem.
January 7, 2022 | Rating: 5/5
Brandon Collins
Medium Popcorn…
Plot
On one night in 1964, four icons of sports, music, and activism gather to celebrate one of the biggest upsets in boxing history, as underdog Cassius Clay, soon to be called Muhammad Ali, defeats heavyweight champion Sonny Liston at the Miami Convention Hall, in the drama “One Night in Miami” directed by Regina King.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
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