
Flicks, Leonie Hayden
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.
Full reviewChronicle of funk legend James Brown, his rise from poverty to become the Godfather of Soul and one of music's most influential artists. From the director of The Help. Chadwick Boseman (42) plays Brown, starring alongside Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Dan Aykroyd and Craig Robinson.
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.
Full reviewIt 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.
Full reviewThe 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.
Full reviewIn Chadwick Boseman, it has a galvanic core, a performance that transcends impersonation and reverberates long after the screen goes dark.
Full reviewGet On Up is available to stream in New Zealand now on Apple TV and Neon.
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