Get On Up

"Get On Up is at once the most unconventional biopic I’ve ever seen, and a shaggy composite of all of them. The only real difference is James Brown - but what a difference James Brown makes."

"Boseman is an empathic presence, and nothing he does smacks of mimicry."

"So much of Get on Up is uncannily perfect... You have to see this thing."

"It whirls and does splits and jumps, with leaps around in time and changes in tempo that are jarring and abrupt and that usually feel just right."

"The energy never flags, the film conveys a deep love of Brown’s music (which fills almost every scene), and Boseman remains magnetic whether onstage or in quiet moments."

"When Boseman shows us Brown doing his thing onstage, the movie comes alive."

"In Chadwick Boseman, it has a galvanic core, a performance that transcends impersonation and reverberates long after the screen goes dark."