Florence Foster Jenkins
- 2016
- UK
- 1h 50min
- PG
- Directed by: Stephen Frears
- Cast: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg
- UK release: 6 May 2016
Florence Foster Jenkins (Streep) is a wealthy, cultured New York socialite, who insists on performing as a soprano in spite of a total inability to sing. Streep throws herself endearingly into the role, Grant is wonderful as her debonair husband and Frears keeps a confident balance of uproarious laughs and genuine pathos.
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Florence Foster Jenkins
2 May 2016
Meryl Streep is typically divine as the socialite singer who became a legend for the wrong reasons
Listening to any less-than-brilliant soprano screech her way through Mozart’s insane ‘Queen of the Night’s Aria’ can set teeth vibrating. Hearing the obliviously awful Florence Foster Jenkins (Meryl Streep) perform it as if possessed by a tortured cat…
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