- Drama, Music, History
- 139 min
- PG-13
Rotten Tomatoes80%Metacritic71IMDb6.9
The Funk Don't Quit
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
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Grave, nostalgic and earnest.
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- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- contemplativerelentless
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- r96skon TMDB · Oct 20207/10
Chadwick Boseman is terrific, but <em>'Get on Up'</em> is missing something that would make it a great biopic. I still very much enjoyed it, I always tend to find biographical films interesting - especially when I don't know too much about the person(s) in question, as is the case with James Brown here; I've always known of him and his major songs, but that's about it. Boseman leads strongly, carrying the film really. That's not to say he's alone in terms of the onscreen talent, as there are others who I liked. Dan Aykroyd is solid, while Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis are welcomed cast members. The brilliant Lennie James is also involved, admittedly in a relatively small role. With all that noted, I just felt there was something missing. I can't exactly pinpoint what that is. One of the things I felt from the start was the lack of likeability I had for the lead character, perhaps that was intentional though. The 'breaking the fourth wall' stuff is iffy, too. The 139 run time probably comes into it as well, while the ageing for Boseman & Co. isn't the best I've seen - which isn't good, given the film opens with a scene that requires ageing so it naturally stuck in my memory more.
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Cast
- Chadwick BosemanJames Brown
- Nelsan EllisBobby Byrd
- Dan AykroydBen Bart
- Viola DavisSusie Brown
- Lennie JamesJoe Brown
- Fred MelamedSyd Nathan
- Jill ScottDeeDee Brown
- Octavia SpencerAunt Honey
- Nick EversmanMick Jagger
- Tika SumpterYvonne Fair
Crew
- Tate TaylorDirector
- Steven BaigelmanScreenplay
- Jez ButterworthScreenplay
- John-Henry ButterworthScreenplay
- Stephen GoldblattDirector of Photography
- Thomas NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Michael McCuskerEditor
- Brian GrazerProducer
- Erica HugginsProducer
- Mick JaggerProducer
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