Meryl Streep is Florence Foster Jenkins, the 1930s-40s New York socialite who dreamed of becoming an opera singer despite being roundly ridiculed for her lack of rhythm, her lack of pitch, and her aberrant pronunciation. This true story comedy-drama is from director Stephen Frears (The Queen, Philomena) and co-stars Hugh Grant.
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From High Fidelity to The Queen, British director Stephen Frears has a knack for crafting crowd-pleasers. His latest relates the amazing-but-true tale of Florence Foster Jenkins, a wealthy, New York socialite, convinced she’s a chanteuse, despite being about as tuneful as a cement-mixer. Yet her dire singing gained huge popularity in the 1940s, culminating, in a case of colossal cash over tiny talent, with a full-blown concert at Carnegie Hall.
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An audience picture first and foremost: one wholly sympathetic to its eponymous subject’s delusional drive to delight crowds with or without the requisite artistry.
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Stephen Frears works the material and his terrific cast to perfection, eliciting empathy and sympathy...
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Meryl Streep continues her run of screw-the-Oscars movies with this ridiculously watchable comedy.
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A delicious, finger-tingling comedy about the creative instinct that makes your heart want to squawk with joy.
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The awful truth about Florence Foster Jenkins doesn't fully emerge until we're well into Stephen Frears' exuberant if predictable bio-pic...
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An entertaining yarn, very competently put together, with more than a few decent laughs, that won't disappoint anyone it appeals to.
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A modestly enjoyable crowd-pleaser, but it ultimately feels smaller than its subject, a deeply conventional portrait of a highly unconventional woman.
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Florence Foster Jenkins is available to stream in New Zealand now on Apple TV and TVNZ+.
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