Singer Andra Day To Play Billie Holiday In Biopic (Update: Trailer Inside)
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amazing performance considering this is first acting gig.
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I'm hearing great things about Day's performance, but the Lee Daniels name combined with what seem to be major liberties taken with the truth are making me reluctant.
I liked it
the pacing and the script could've been tighter, but homegirl killed that role
the pacing and the script could've been tighter, but homegirl killed that role
Yes I thought that was crazy I didn't even know this was her first film
Film wasn't good enough for a performance like Andra's. Lee Daniels just can't resist melodrama and camp, and as a result the movie is an incoherent yet somewhat still entertaining mess. And the dialogue can be cringeworthy at times; I doubt a FBI agent would've said "They say her song is the curtain call for the so-called "civil rights movement".
I'll give Lee credit on this though: there's a one-shot take in middle of the movie that's legitimately great. One of the best things I've ever seen in a Lee Daniels movie.
I'll give Lee credit on this though: there's a one-shot take in middle of the movie that's legitimately great. One of the best things I've ever seen in a Lee Daniels movie.
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Maxine Shaw
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Totally. She deserved the Golden Globe (even over Viola Davis), but the movie itself was terrible. Love seeing Regina King geeking out over Andra:
Watch Regina King Crash Andra Day's Golden Globes Interview
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She was great but this movie was terrible
darealvelle
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Andra Day should keep her clothes on
Lol give her a pass, it is not like she is a sex symbol or anything.
valet
The official Chaplain of the Coli
That sums it up. Can't believe they focused so much on the "love interest" and we don't know if it actually ever happened like that.
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They barely touched on her possible bisexuality, and that’s not why it sucked.
Lee Daniels can’t help himself to make a grounded film.