SAG Awards 2017 Nominee for: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role – Merle Streep as Florence Foster Jenkins and Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role – Hugh Grant as St Clair Bayfield.
Rating:
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role :
I rated Merle Streep: 8 out of 10
How do you rate her: Please comment below.
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role:
I rated Hugh Grant: 7 out of 10
How do you rate him: Please comment below.
How viewed: Digital Streaming Download from Vision Media Digital Awards Screeners Site. I hooked my laptop into my 55″ flat screen via HDMI cable.
Synopsis: The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
My Review: I liked this movie, but not sure I’d recommend it. I don’t want to encourage delusional people any more than they already are. Meryl Streep is always good. She trained to be an opera singer, so this role would be a good fit for her. However, it is hard to sing badly and I thought she did a great job. Not a big fan of Hugh Grant, but I did believe he honestly loved her, despite being loaded. However, I thought the real stand out was Simon Helberg as her nervous/quirky pianist. He has great potential to act in something other than as a science nerd on BIG BANG THEORY, compared to others from that show.
IMDB page for FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS.
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Thank you Mr Qwerty Films and Mr Paramount Pictures for giving me access to this movie so I could make an intelligent and informed opinion when casting my vote on the 23rd Annual SAG Awards.
