‘People can say that I couldn’t sing, but they cant say that I didn’t sing’
-Florence Foster Jenkins
This movie is a comical dramatic biography of Florence
Foster Jenkins’s musical career.
Florence Foster Jenkins is a socialite, founder of the Verdi
Club and amateur soprano singer. Amateur is an overstatement. But she practices
hard everyday for a whole hour, sometimes two! People didn’t know if they
should take her seriously, because no one in their right mind would stand up in
front of an audience and make a fool of themselves.
We had our fair share of laughter, and I admire her for her
bravery to stand in front of an audience like that. I think that she was molly
coddled by her life partner St. Clair Bayfield and her vocal’s teacher Carlo
Edwards. Mind you, they were well compensated.
Then along came Mr MacMoon, an ambitious, young pianist who
auditioned to help with Florence’s practice sessions and later on her
performances, much to his dismay at first. But as the movie goes on he forges a
friendship with her and is a great support to Florence.
Her life partner St Clair Bayfield keeps a tight hold on publicity and takes drastic measures to ensure that Florence doesn’t hear the negative critics. In protecting her from criticism, he kept her ‘singing dream’ alive.
This is a tough review to write, as most of the info would
be spoilers, but I would highly recommend watching it. We enjoy watching
true-life stories and are glad that we watched this one. Actors Meryl Streep
and Hugh Grant played their roles very well. I was really surprised by Simon
Helberg’s role in this movie, he acted in a very different role to what I’ve
seen before. These are very versatile actors, and they did a great job to bring
this story to life.
Title: Florence Foster Jenkins
Actors: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg and Rebecca
Ferguson
Date of release: 6 May 2016 (UK)
Genres: Biography, Comedy and Drama.
Length: 1 hour 51 minutes
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