Florence Foster Jenkins

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Florence Foster Jenkins

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Released Aug 12, 2016

1h 50m

Biography

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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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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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david r

Hugh Grant and Rebecca Ferguson are outstanding. Streep, like Jack Nicholson in As Good as it Gets, raises everyone's game. Funny, heart warming. . . Not to be missed.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/10/24

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Ron J

I really like it but I also had a problem with there being several late 40s model cars when she died in 44. Seems like the director just wanted some old cars he either did not know or care.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/16/24

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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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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
Producer: Michael Kuhn, Tracey Seaward
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
Runtime: 1h 50m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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