Florence Foster Jenkins (2016, D: Stephen Frears) S: Streep, Grant, Helberg
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Florence Foster Jenkins (2016, D: Stephen Frears) S: Streep, Grant, Helberg
The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
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Re: Florence Foster Jenkins (2016, D: Stephen Frears) S: Streep, Grant, Helberg
Looks fun.
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Re: Florence Foster Jenkins (2016, D: Stephen Frears) S: Streep, Grant, Helberg
This movie was a lot of fun.
Started off kinda of like a screwball comedy and then settled in for a heartwarming story.
I am not a Streep fan, but she was great in this.
All the players were wonderful, a realty nice film that should see plenty of award nominations.
Started off kinda of like a screwball comedy and then settled in for a heartwarming story.
I am not a Streep fan, but she was great in this.
All the players were wonderful, a realty nice film that should see plenty of award nominations.
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Re: Florence Foster Jenkins (2016, D: Stephen Frears) S: Streep, Grant, Helberg
I liked this film quite a bit. It balanced the comedy and the sentimentality very well. The one aspect of the film that I didn't fully comprehend was the following she had prior to the record release. Hugh Grants character said he worked hard to keep the people away that were just there to laugh at her, but I'm confused about the context of her actual fanbase. Were they paid? Were they genuine fans oblivious to the fact that she was terrible? Did they know she was bad, but loved her for her earnestness? Were they just friends and fellow acquaintances from the bourgeois arts community supporting her? During her first concert, the man whose new wife was laughing seemed to be wise to the fact that she was terrible, when he embarrassingly escorted her out when she was cracking up. Also when he was in line to get tickets, he was being very strict to his wife about how to act and how to make sure they got tickets, but why? What was he getting out of it? Was he in that will that she carried around in her briefcase? That part of the film didn't quite make sense to me. I didn't really understand what the dynamic was.