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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 354264" data-attributes="member: 23">Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

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Once again, watching with no idea of what the film would be about was a huge help. The name was only vaguely familiar so it allowed me to be taken by surprise by Meryl Streep wonderfully channelling Madame Edith from &#039;Allo &#039;Allo:

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&quot;I wish you a speedy recovery.&quot;

It was far funnier than I&#039;d expected (in context, the scene above had me in stitches), but then pulled the rug out by following up some of its funniest moments with its most poignant. It&#039;s the kind of film that makes you laugh at a ridiculous character and then guilts you for your collusion by reminding you of the tragic truth behind it.

It&#039;s wonderfully cast down to the smallest role. Even Mavis Riley shows up as one of Florence&#039;s society hangers-on. Meryl Streep, naturally, is fantastic (bad singing for entertainment is probably far more difficult than good singing, but she achieves it while sounding exactly like the few recordings of Florence&#039;s I&#039;ve since heard). This is probably the first thing in which I&#039;ve seen Simon Helberg (other than a few unavoidable glimpses of him in The Big Bang Theory), and he impressed me as well. It&#039;s the best Hugh Grant performance I&#039;ve seen. His character is the one who is aware of the way his wife is perceived but does everything he can to shield her from the truth and preserve her reputation. It&#039;s quite painful to watch, but it&#039;s also a beautiful love story in its own way.

It&#039;s beautifully written and tells a story that even those who&#039;d heard of her may have been mostly unaware of.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 354264, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=6]Florence Foster Jenkins[/SIZE][/B] (2016) [IMG]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickfilosopher.com%2Fwptest%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F05%2Fflorencefosterjenkins.P.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=e8528ed0a6bad3878e3b164094c55831019118306ed2ff7a4b8238df3f3af3e9&ipo=images[/IMG] Once again, watching with no idea of what the film would be about was a huge help. The name was only vaguely familiar so it allowed me to be taken by surprise by Meryl Streep wonderfully channelling Madame Edith from [I]'Allo 'Allo[/I]: [MEDIA=youtube]IbwPIs8a-LY[/MEDIA] [I]"I wish you a speedy recovery."[/I] It was far funnier than I'd expected (in context, the scene above had me in stitches), but then pulled the rug out by following up some of its funniest moments with its most poignant. It's the kind of film that makes you laugh at a ridiculous character and then guilts you for your collusion by reminding you of the tragic truth behind it. It's wonderfully cast down to the smallest role. Even Mavis Riley shows up as one of Florence's society hangers-on. Meryl Streep, naturally, is fantastic (bad singing for entertainment is probably far more difficult than good singing, but she achieves it while sounding exactly like the few recordings of Florence's I've since heard). This is probably the first thing in which I've seen Simon Helberg (other than a few unavoidable glimpses of him in [I]The Big Bang Theory[/I]), and he impressed me as well. It's the best Hugh Grant performance I've seen. His character is the one who is aware of the way his wife is perceived but does everything he can to shield her from the truth and preserve her reputation. It's quite painful to watch, but it's also a beautiful love story in its own way. It's beautifully written and tells a story that even those who'd heard of her may have been mostly unaware of.[/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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