dom56

Wonder if they show the Frawley and Vance fued. They both hated each other guts.

Decker

I don't know why they don't show Kidman's full face in color. It's either to put focus on her voice work, which is pretty good, or it's because she looks nothing like Lucy (or looks too old - - Bardem sure does).

TomOpus

I was hoping to see more of the two interacting. Maybe the next trailer or an actual clip would be nice.

devilshalo

She looks more like Geena Davis.

whotony

I wouldn’t have minded getting an actor that looks at least a little bit like Lucy.
She didn’t sound like her either.

Oh well,I guess that stuff doesn’t matter.

GoldenJCJ

I’m a huge fan of Sorkin. Otherwise, this movie wouldn’t interest me at all. The trailer hasn’t changed my mind about that.

Crocker Jarmen

I'll watch it, but frankly I've already gotten enough of this material from interviews and Lucy/Desi biographies over the years. Watching them be miserable and fighting with each other sounds like a real downer.

They should do a movie about Lucille Ball saving the original Star Trek! All these biopics are full of fictional bullshit anyways, so let's have her being real hands-on with the production, interacting with Shatner and Roddenbury, supervising the filming of the pilot... That would be fun.

Dr. DVD

I'll watch because Sorkin always delivers when it comes to dialogue and of course, I'm a prime member so no extra cost.

whotony

Is this still a one week in the life of story?

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This will be playing in select theatres starting on Friday, then on to Prime on the 21st.

Reviews: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/being_the_ricardos

mikehunt

didn't even know this was a thing until shortly before seeing it. It was pretty good although overly fictionalized , but some of that is to be expected in these kinds of movies

dex14

This will be up on Prime tomorrow... but I assume it will get added tonight like most Prime releases.

RichC2

Everyone is really good in this.

whotony

20 minutes in, Kidman looks more like an older Debbie Reynolds then she does Lucy.

Throwing Copper

I enjoyed the hell out of this. At first the dialogue was a little too rapid fire but it slowed down after that.

Really interesting movie with good performances across the board. I liked Shawakat as the female writer a lot in this.

I thought Kidman was solid as Lucy and Bardem was good, but it was hard to understand what he was saying with certain lines.

This was a nice treat on Prime.

Daytripper

Agree with both you. And it's another beautifully shot film. Kidman might not look like Ball, but man she really nailed her voice during the "I Love Lucy" scenes.

RichC2

It was solid for Kidman all around, I'm so used to her basically playing whispy porcelain dolls that it caught me off guard seeing her play someone brassy again.

Why So Blu?

Saw this last night and it was unremarkable. I thought Kidman looked great and nailed it in the scenes where her hair is up in the classic look. She did look weird for the first hour or so -- mainly in the chin. Bardem was fine. It's just an overly dense film. Sorkin needs to get better directors for his scripts instead of doing it himself.

rexinnih

Saw it, price was right on Prime. Good to see and pass time for some more background and details on a show I watched episodes of in syndication while growing up but wasn't a die hard fan.

Decker

I was pretty entertained throughout. Not a great film but Kidman was very good. And I need more JK Simmons paired with Sorkin dialogue. That is a perfect match.
Having a hard time believing that Lucy had to fight a Communist allegation, discovered Desi’s infidelity and told the network that she would be pregnant on the show all the same week, but if so, that would make for a hell of a week. Loved the portrayal of Lucille Ball behind the scenes. Some good stuff there. And Linda Lavin as an older version of Alia Shankar? That was beyond inspired casting.

DWilson

Sorkin admits to "Dramatic License", -these things happened but not in the same week. Sorkin can write an entertaining biography but he tends to bend the truth as he pleases.

Runaway

I agree, J.K.Simmons delivering Sorkins dialogue was a blast. Being The Ricardos was my least favorite Sorkin project since the 90s, but it's still very entertaining.