[Magdalen] Florence Foster Jenkins

[ME Michaud]

Saw it today. Enjoyed it very much.

Not a big Hugh Grant fan, though. Another mannered, wooden performance from
him. He spends a good deal of screen time looking bewildered, determined,
then frozen. The usual.

The CGI automobiles drove me a bit batty, too.

Loved the costumes. And loved what Streep brought to the performance. Most
of the other actors seemed grimly determined to finish their work and get
the hell out of there.

Nowhere near as well-written as Julie and Julia, and the scipt didn't
really hold together.
-M


On Friday, August 12, 2016, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The film has been well received in these parts.  I hope it comes to our
> little local cinema, because I'm dying to see it.  I want Ab' Fab' to come
> here, too, but that is less likely.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
>
> On 8/12/2016 8:50 PM, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
>
>> Wanting to stay cool for awhile this afternoon, I decided to see a movie.
>> Happened upon this one and decided to check it out, somewhat dubiously, I
>> must confess. Well, I was pleasantly surprised and I recommend it. Meryl
>> Streep is, of course, quite wonderful, and Hugh Grant is, of
>> course.....well, quite gorgeous!
>> Aside from the very end, which is a bit hokey, it's a very sweet,
>> poignant film. I was unaware of some of the tragedy in her life.
>>
>
>