Must See Movie...

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

From the moment it began it was just too much fun for just 1 person to have. I love Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant is aging well. The story is great fun and the singing is even more fun! Watch it to have a real laugh!

What one could expect from a movie about high society of 1950s? Well, at least I didn't expect too much as it is not about anything close to my life and what I am interested in. Maybe I expected some entertaiing comedy, maybe some funny contadictions, maybe (actually certainly) some good Maryl Streep acting. Not that bad but not much honestly.And right from the start it all moved close to that. Some funny moments? Yes. Good acting? Certainly. Some sympathy for the Meryl's and Hugh's characters? Well, yes. Some questions and little secrets? Yes too.But then... I don't know how that happened but it quicky became so deeply dramatic and thrilling. And Carnegie Hall scene was just mind blowing. How can anyone react to Florence's performance and other events on the screen? Well maybe feel embarassed, maybe laugh. But me and my wife cried. And this contadiction between what was happening and what we felt was beautiful.From that scene on the movie continued as a solid drama with thriller elements. Touching deep inside me, my values, my real life challenges... I would compare its edge to Saving Mr. Banks and maybe even to Birdman.Florence Foster Jenkins have totally beaten my expectations. And I'm so happy with that!

Florence Foster Jenkins stars Meryl Streep as Florence Foster Jenkins Hugh Grant as St. Clair Bayfield and Simon Maxwell Helberg as Cosmé McMoon in this biographical comedy drama about the worst singer in the world: Florence Foster Jenkins.The story simple enough, Florence Jenkins and St.Clair Bayfield are a happily married, wealthy couple in 1944 America who enjoy a love of music and all the good things in life. When Florence decides she wants to sing St.Clair agrees and before he knows it she becomes convinced that she can sing well despite reality and pushes her voice further and further into the public eye. The story is well told, if not a little slow at first until the third act where the pacing suddenly speeds up towards the climax and end. The writing is funny enough for the most part but is able to be more grounded should the situation demand it. I can't help but feel that Cosmé McMoon is a little two to one dimensional in the fact that he spends most if not all of his time on screen looking really nervous and upset. I can see what director Stephen Frears and writer Nicholas Martin were going for, it just seems that Simon Helberg is not given mach else asides from looking deeply scared and stuttering his lines. How much of it is the actors fault and how much is in the writing I cannot be really sure but I do suspect that it is the latter.To go into a movie with Meryl Streep expecting a bad performance can easily be seen as a lost cause, she not only captures a woman who is upbeat and hopeful with a love of music and opera but is deluded into thinking that she can sing even though every time she sings a cat dies a gruesome harrowing death off screen. Meryl Streep is able to play the more quirky personality traits Florence but is able to make you feel very sorry for her as well when less pleasant aspects of her life become apparent. The ending its self is really powerful thanks to Meryl Streep acting her way through it. She keeps everyone engaged and I doubt there would have been a better person to play Florence Jenkins. Hugh Grant is also fantastic, being able to shake off the shackles of his Rom Com days and really make St.Clair Bayfield his own, Grant convinced me the love Bayfield has for Florence Jenkins is real. Hugh Grant makes Bayfield feel like a real person and that deserves to be praised. I would not say that the film is particularly funny, that is not to say that there are no laughs in this for there certainly are but I can't help but feel that the film is more of a tragedy. I will not spoil but the film does make me feel really sorry for Florence Jenkins, I am sure the film wants me to feel bad for her but it does not flow with the themes of friendship vs. profit, and following your dreams against all odds. I would recommend purely on the straight of the two leads alone. Not the best in the world but is certainly worth a watch.

This was truly one of the worst movies I have seen this year. As a singer, listening to Meryl Streep singing off key for over 1.5 hours was just painful. Even worse than Mama Mia! I know terrible singing is part of the story, but as a singer myself, it was almost more than I could take. Couple this with a lame story line and fairly crummy performances by the other actors in the movie...and it just is pretty much a waste of time. Incredibly disappointing. I even went through the pain of setting up this account so I could warn other unsuspecting viewers to NOT watch this movie.