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Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
Director: Stephen Frears
Writer: Nicholas Martin
Cast: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
A bio-pic based on the true life story of Florence Foster Jenkins. Who was a wealthy, New York heiress with aspirations to becoming an opera singer...but one problem, she sang horribly! So her husband used their vast wealth to buy stage bookings for her and pay the audience to attend and applaud the would be song bird.
Review: I liked this! It was a comedy that was done subtly and the comic parts came from the real life situations and not from prat falls of slap stick. It plays out like a nice and easy drama with some lighter moments to it. I really appreciate that the film makers didn't make this over the top.
Meryl Streep is a gem, she gives us a wonderfully dear woman who is completely oblivious to the fact that she can't sing a note! The scenes with her on stage performing are funny, because she's enjoying herself even though she's no singer. That's a good message too, enjoying who you are and not worrying about the critics.
Hugh Grant has makeup to give the appearance of an older man who's the same age as Florescence. Hugh was really good in this, and this is one of my favorite movies of his. Grant and Streep really paired well and had solid chemistry.
Simon Helberg, I liked the actor, I liked his character, but I found his breathy-effeminate vocalization, contrived and too noticeable. It's a small thing and I can overlook it but I wish he had spoken in a more natural voice as I found his movie voice distracting.
Florence Foster Jenkins is another fine movie to the credit of Meryl Streep.
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
Writer: Nicholas Martin
Cast: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
A bio-pic based on the true life story of Florence Foster Jenkins. Who was a wealthy, New York heiress with aspirations to becoming an opera singer...but one problem, she sang horribly! So her husband used their vast wealth to buy stage bookings for her and pay the audience to attend and applaud the would be song bird.
Review: I liked this! It was a comedy that was done subtly and the comic parts came from the real life situations and not from prat falls of slap stick. It plays out like a nice and easy drama with some lighter moments to it. I really appreciate that the film makers didn't make this over the top.
Meryl Streep is a gem, she gives us a wonderfully dear woman who is completely oblivious to the fact that she can't sing a note! The scenes with her on stage performing are funny, because she's enjoying herself even though she's no singer. That's a good message too, enjoying who you are and not worrying about the critics.
Hugh Grant has makeup to give the appearance of an older man who's the same age as Florescence. Hugh was really good in this, and this is one of my favorite movies of his. Grant and Streep really paired well and had solid chemistry.
Simon Helberg, I liked the actor, I liked his character, but I found his breathy-effeminate vocalization, contrived and too noticeable. It's a small thing and I can overlook it but I wish he had spoken in a more natural voice as I found his movie voice distracting.
Florence Foster Jenkins is another fine movie to the credit of Meryl Streep.