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The title of this film "Beyoncé: All Night" gives you the name of the performer as well as the song for this music video. It is from 2016, so neither really new or old and it runs for almost 6.5 minutes. You could say this is rather long and you would be correct, but only partially because actually the first over 3 minutes, pretty much 50% of the entire thing, are just voice over from Beyonce that to me sounded pretty pretentious and what you see is not any better unfortunately. When the music finally starts around 3:15, it is a good beginning where Beyoncé's voice shines, but sadly it does not stay that way and it becomes a pretty forgettable tune. They tried to make up for that by including many shots and recordings that are very personal for Beyoncé, with a big baby belly right before giving birth, with her husband Jay-Z and/or one of her children. I think she has more than 1 by now. But yeah I did not like it. If you include stuff like that, you need to deliver especially in the music department too. This way here, it feels just wrong and way too intimate because it isn't justified by anything artistically to show us these photos and videos. Director is Melina Matsoukas, a prolific music video director, so with her experience I also would have thought this to be better, even if I have a feeling it was mostly Knowsles who was in charge here. I actually like her. I think some of her old Destiny's Child stuff was downright brilliant and she is amazingly beautiful still while approaching 40, always has been, which means something as I am usually not going for the ivory type, but in terms of her music it has been a long time since she did something that really impressed me and there is a reason why she is quite a bit away from the pop music throne that at some point she certainly sat on. I also think she has a much better voice than she is showing us in most videos and songs, even if her greatg recognition value still saves the day somehow. So with all this in mind, I would have given her work here probably 4 out of 10, but honestly I have to take 2 more stars away for how this one really is void of all creative greatness and does nothing but fit in with the abysmal political correctness out there these days. Getting the deceased career criminal Trayvon Martin's mom in front of the camera no comment on that. Also Serena Williams? The one who is really so much in the way of equality who keeps ranting about how a tennis umpire is against her as a woman when she plays another woman? And whose comments on race have certainly made things worse rather than better. It's these characters that keep racism alive in the 21st century. Sure it will never vanish entirely, but that applies to every other extremist group as well. Beyoncé should not associate herself with those pouring oil into the fire. Her work here gets a massive thumbs-down and negative recommendation from me. Don't listen to the really weak song. Don't check out the even worse video.