This movie revolves around the struggles of an aspiring rapper, Coco that does her best to achieve success in the world of music but faces the opposition of her parents. She delivers a speech that attracts her classmates.
Despite its frequently clunky dramaturgy, the film makes some interesting points while providing an excellent showcase for Banks' considerable onscreen charisma.
What keeps you watching are the characters, their character development and the brewing romance between Derek and Coco that in an unexpected plot twist; suddenly gets complicated.
There's not much added to the static thump of cliché in "Love Beats Rhymes" to give this tale of a struggling young female rapper-poet any special life.
