Tockinit not horrible nor great

Libramedi Intense, gripping, stylish and poignant

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Roy Hart If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

serenacroteau I laughed until the end! The storyline was very well put together and it was an unexpected ending. I loved the controversy between certain characters who's flaws clashed, making the story move along.

Mrbrown43 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.

Monica 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.

SnoopyStyle It's 1944 New York. Heiress Florence Foster Jenkins (Meryl Streep) and her husband St Clair Bayfield (Hugh Grant) have generously supported the arts. They hire pianist Cosmé McMoon (Simon Helberg) to accompany Florence in her singing. He is shocked to find that it's bad. It's really bad. It's tone-deaf horrendous. St Clair shows real love for his wife but also has mistress Kathleen (Rebecca Ferguson). He engineers success for Florence's small concerts. Then she presses her own record and decides to play in Carnegie Hall.There are real emotions coming from Streep's performance. Her story is touching. Hugh Grant delivers a loving performance even as he hides his mistress. Florence's bad singing is funny and cute at first but it does wear thin. Eventually, it becomes an awkward watch. Helberg's performance does present a problem. He needs to be the straight man (not his sexual orientation). He should be the lens through which the audience sees Florence. It should be a more straight forward performance with less of the effeminate flourishes. Overall, this movie has some fun and surprisingly lots of heart.