Film

What's Love Got to Do with It 1993

Directed by Brian Gibson

  • Drama, Music, History
  • 118 min
  • R

Who Needs A Heart When A Heart Can Be Broken?

Singer Tina Turner rises to stardom while mustering the courage to break free from her abusive husband Ike.

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Character

Classical in form, earnest, grave and resolved.

  • classical in formformally daring
  • earnestironic
  • gravecomic
  • resolvedopen-ended
  • cooloverwhelming

Who loves it, who doesn't

The SincereThe Sincere: loved by 44The Prestige HunterThe Prestige Hunter: loved by 11The OmnivoreThe Omnivore: loved by 11The FormalistThe Formalist: disliked by 10 / 1loved (4★+)disliked (2.5★ or less)

17 profiled raters. Loved most by The Sinceres; disliked most by The Formalists.

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Answer first; then see how everyone, and your circle, split.

  • Does it take too many liberties with the true story?

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  • Is Angela Bassett the best thing in What's Love Got to Do with It?

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  • Does it tie things up too neatly?

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