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Florence Foster Jenkins

Play trailer 2:24 Poster for Florence Foster Jenkins PG-13 Released Aug 12, 2016 1h 50m Biography Comedy Drama Music Play Trailer Watchlist
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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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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review David Griffiths Subculture Entertainment Maybe I didn’t find Florence Foster Jenkins as funny as some of the other people screening that I was in but I still found it a heartfelt film that grows on you the longer it goes on. Rated: 3/5 Mar 10, 2025 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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Stephen Frears

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Meryl Streep

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St. Clair Bayfield

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Cosme McMoon

Rebecca Ferguson

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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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