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
which is, it s a very entertaining potboiler on one hand, but also it s 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 and it s in cinemas now. ok, now, respect. i really want this to be good because, aretha franklin what a figure, what a life story. an extraordinary life story. 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 tumu
what a figure, what a life story. an extraordinary life story. 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 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 setpieces are fantastic i mean really fantastic and