but i very much enjoyed the film. it s called the collini case, it s in cinemas now. ok, now, respect. i really want this to be good. yes. because aretha franklin what a figure, what a life story. an extraordinary life story. and so the good news is, she s played byjennifer hudson, who is fantastic in the lead role i mean, i think everybody expected this. aretha franklin herself effectively appointed jennifer hudson. she had, you know she was very controlling on the project right up until her death in 2018, and she said tojennifer hudson, you re the right person to do this so that s great. i mean, she can sing, she can act, she has charisma, she has presence and it s a great performance. i think the problem is that the film itself isn t quite as exceptional as either its central performance or, indeed, as aretha franklin. it s a very sort of tumultuous life story and the film wants to play things fairly safe. so there s domestic abuse, there is alcoholism, there is there s a
so it s doing quite a clever thing which is it s a very entertaining pot boiler on one hand but also, its about something far more substantial. as i said, i haven t read the book, but i very much enjoyed the film. it s called the collini case, it s in cinemas now. ok, now, respect. i really want this to be good. yes. because aretha franklin what a figure, what a life story. an extraordinary life story. and so the good news is, she s played byjennifer hudson, who is fantastic in the lead role i mean, ithink everybody expected this. aretha franklin herself effectively appointed jennifer hudson. she had, you know she was very controlling on the project right up until her death in 2018, and she said tojennifer hudson, you re the right person to do this so that s great. i mean, she can sing, she can act, she has charisma, she has presence and it s a great performance. i think the problem is that the film itself isn t quite as exceptional as either its central performance or, indeed,
i really want this to be good. yes. because aretha franklin what a figure, what a life story. an extraordinary life story. and so the good news is, she s played byjennifer hudson, who is fantastic in the lead role i mean, i think everybody expected this. aretha franklin herself effectively appointed jennifer hudson. she had, you know she was very controlling on the project right up until her death in 2018, and she said tojennifer hudson, you re the right person to do this so that s great. i mean, she can sing, she can act, she has charisma, she has presence and it s a great performance. i think the problem is that the film itself isn t quite as exceptional as either its central performance or, indeed, as aretha franklin. it s a very sort of tumultuous life story and the film wants to play things fairly safe. so there s domestic abuse, there is alcoholism, there is there s a lot of stuff that is quite dark and the film acknowledges it. what it doesn t really know, then, is wha
an extraordinary life story. and so the good news is, she s played byjennifer hudson, who is fantastic in the lead role. i mean, ithink everybody expected this. aretha franklin herself effectively appointed jennifer hudson. she had, you know she was very controlling on the project right up until her death in 2018, and she said tojennifer hudson, you re the right person to do this so that s great. i mean, she can sing, she can act, she has charisma, she has presence and it s a great performance. i think the problem is the film itself isn t quite as exceptional as either its central performance or, indeed, as aretha franklin. it s a very sort of tumultuous life story and the film wants to play things fairly safe. so there s domestic abuse, there is alcoholism, there is there s a lot of stuff that is quite dark and the film acknowledges it. what it doesn t really know, then, is what to do with it. the musical set pieces are fantastic i mean, really fantastic and it goes from the
that they seem to be, so it s doing quite a clever thing, which is it is a potboiler on one hand, but it is also about something far more substantial. i haven t read the book, but i d very much enjoyed the film, it is called the collini case and it is in cinemas now. 0k. now respect, i really want this to be good because aretha franklin, what a figure and what a story. yes, extraordinary life story and it is played byjennifer hudson, who is fantastic in the lead and everybody expected this. aretha franklin herself basically appointed jennifer hudson and was very controlling on the project right up until her death in 2018 and she said tojennifer hudson, you are the right person to do this. that is great, she can sing and act, she has a great presence and that is great. i think the problem is the film itself is not quite as exceptional as either its central performance or indeed as aretha franklin. it is a very tumultuous life story and the film wants to play things fairly safe, so there