Florence Foster Jenkins

PG-13

Released Aug 12, 2016

1 hr. 50 min.

Biography

Comedy

Drama

Music

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In the 1940s, New York socialite Florence Foster Jenkins (Meryl Streep) dreams of becoming a great opera singer. Unfortunately, her ambition far exceeds her talent. The voice Florence hears in her head is beautiful, but to everyone else it is quite lousy. Her husband St. Clair goes to extreme lengths to make sure his wife never finds out how awful she truly is. When Florence announces her plans for a concert at Carnegie Hall, St. Clair soon realizes that he's facing his greatest challenge yet.

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Critics Consensus

Florence Foster Jenkins makes poignant, crowd-pleasing dramedy out of its stranger-than-fiction tale -- and does its subject justice with a reliably terrific turn from star Meryl Streep.

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Weighty Connected L

The incredible performances of Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg and Meryl Streep as the titular character, who was a famous soprano singer known for her very poor singing, make this 2016 biographical film an entertaining and touching story of a woman's dream without the talent of achieving and yet she did in a strange kind of way.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/17/24

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Patricia F

Charmingly depicts a different angle of the 40s unlike what we're used to seeing. Singing off-pitch on purpose is a talent in itself, and Meryl Streep was of course up to the challenge. Simon Helberg perfectly casted as Cosmé, despite argument from some that it was hard to shake off good ol' Howie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/11/24

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Alec B

Thankfully, the movie is not what it's delusional ad campaign promised. Outside of that, it's charming if a little repetitive.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/14/23

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T M

Entertaining in spite of cringe worthy singing! Amazing its based on a true story.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/07/23

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Sanja S

Wonderful performances by the main cast. Entertaining and moving.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/30/23

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S R

Fascinating story, but how far can you take it? Good cast made this believable and fun. It took me awhile, but I finally finished it after seeing only half of it a year ago. It was on Amazon and Pluto.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/24/23

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Stephen Frears

Director

Meryl Streep

Florence Foster Jenkins

Hugh Grant

St. Clair Bayfield

Simon Helberg

Cosme McMoon

Rebecca Ferguson

Kathleen

Nina Arianda

Agnes Stark

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Florence Foster Jenkins: Official Clip - Hilariously Bad Singing Meryl Streep Scene

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Florence Foster Jenkins: Official Clip - Florence Faints From Shock Meryl Streep Scene

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Florence Foster Jenkins: Official Clip - Florence's Best Worst Performance Hilarious Scene

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Florence Foster Jenkins: Official Clip - Florence Finds Her Pianist Simon Helberg Scene

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Florence Foster Jenkins: Official Clip - Hiding The Mistress Rebecca Ferguson & Hugh Grant Scene

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Florence Foster Jenkins: Official Clip - Then I Shall Die Happy

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Florence Foster Jenkins: Official Clip - The Socialite's Vision

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Florence Foster Jenkins: Official Clip - Florence Knows Her Husband Is Cheating Meryl Streep Scene

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Florence Foster Jenkins: Official Clip - Florence's Funny Performance Meryl Streep Singing

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Florence Foster Jenkins: Official Clip - Funny Audience Laughing at Florence Scene

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Nell Minow

AWFJ.org

Florence Foster Jenkins is about love, art, and sublime foolishness.

Nov 4, 2021

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Kate Erbland

indieWire

That's where the film truly succeeds: Frears doesn't treat Florence like a joke, and neither does Streep.

Rated: B-

Jan 2, 2017

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Mark Kennedy

Associated Press

Streep, of course, fills her character with emotion, humanity and need, but director Stephen Frears and writer Nicholas Martin haven't decided whether their movie is slapstick or tragedy.

Sep 19, 2016

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Edward Porter

Sunday Times (UK)

Meryl Streep gives a simple but glorious performance, showing that her many talents include a gift for deliberate bad singing.

Mar 21, 2023

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Brian T. Carney

Washington Blade

Florence Foster Jenkins found not only the obvious comedy but an unexpected tenderness in the tale of a tone-deaf diva (Meryl Streep), her supportive husband (Hugh Grant) and her gay accompanist (Simon Helberg).

Dec 21, 2022

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

It’s a veritable stew of comedy, drama, and commentary. Yet despite being uneven and a bit stodgy, it’s hard not to be sucked in by its quirkiness.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 20, 2022

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Synopsis

In the 1940s, New York socialite Florence Foster Jenkins (Meryl Streep) dreams of becoming a great opera singer. Unfortunately, her ambition far exceeds her talent. The voice Florence hears in her head is beautiful, but to everyone else it is quite lousy. Her husband St. Clair goes to extreme lengths to make sure his wife never finds out how awful she truly is. When Florence announces her plans for a concert at Carnegie Hall, St. Clair soon realizes that he's facing his greatest challenge yet.

Director: Stephen Frears
Executive Producer: Cameron McCracken, Christine Langan, Malcolm Ritchie
Screenwriter: Nicholas Martin
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Qwerty Films
Rating: PG-13 (Brief Suggestive Material)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 12, 2016, Wide
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Dec 2, 2016
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $27.4M
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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