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, was released in 2019 after decades of technical difficulties and legal problems. You could leaveon Netflix. Ironically, the restored documentary is actually the better movie., but there’s little that’s outstanding about it either. As written by Callie Khouri and Tracey Scott Wilson, the screenplay hits all the standard music-biopic notes, including childhood troubles, early natural talent, a remember-this-moment prediction – “music will save your life,” says friend and fellow musician Rev.
Jennifer Hudson is fine in the lead role, despite not looking much like Franklin. And Forest Whitaker and Marlon Wayans do good work as two of the conflicted, sometimes violent men who tried to shape her life; her father and first husband, respectively. But the film has less time for the singer’s messy personal life, which included four children, two of them born before she was 15, another with her first husband, and one more with road manager Ken Cunningham .
The other really stirring moment comes more than an hour into the movie, as Franklin noodles around with a 1965 Otis Redding number, eventually reinventing it as a feminist anthem and her signature song. Her family nickname, “Ree,” fits perfectly into the lyrics as her sisters sing a syncopated “ree-ree-ree-ree-spect!”
There’s a lot of waiting between these and other high notes; the film has Oscar-calibre pacing, and I don’t mean that in a good way. Still, fans of Franklin – and they are legion – will likely thrill to the telling. For the rest of us – well, if, that’s a healthy helping of respect indeed.Share this Story:
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