I saw "Get On Up", starring Chadwick Boseman-42, The Express; Nelsan Ellis-The Help, The Express; Viola Davis-Ender's Game, The Help and Dan Aykroyd-Tammy, 50 First Dates.
This is the life story of James Brown, one of the most influential singers that ever lived. He performed into his 70's and died in 2006, at the age of 74. I say influential because almost everybody that ever saw him perform, tried to copy his moves-Mick Jagger, a producer of this movie, has said that he used to try to dance like James but could not quite get it right, so he improvised his own version. From James' living in poverty beginnings to his living in luxury and having to deal with legal problems; they are all covered. Chadwick plays James and is pretty good in his portrayal; he has the dance moves down. Nelsan plays his best friend and also member of his band. Viola plays Chadwick's mother, who abandoned him at a young age but reappeared with her hand out, after he got famous. Dan plays Chadwick's business manager. A lot of the story is told in flashback and they jump around a lot, showing the good and the bad. I don't think Chadwick does any actual singing because the end credits listed the songs as being performed by James Brown. It's rated "PG-13" for violence, language, drug use and sexual content- but no nudity-and has a running time of 2 hours & 18 minutes. It's not one that I would buy on DVD but it would be alright, as a rental.
This is the life story of James Brown, one of the most influential singers that ever lived. He performed into his 70's and died in 2006, at the age of 74. I say influential because almost everybody that ever saw him perform, tried to copy his moves-Mick Jagger, a producer of this movie, has said that he used to try to dance like James but could not quite get it right, so he improvised his own version. From James' living in poverty beginnings to his living in luxury and having to deal with legal problems; they are all covered. Chadwick plays James and is pretty good in his portrayal; he has the dance moves down. Nelsan plays his best friend and also member of his band. Viola plays Chadwick's mother, who abandoned him at a young age but reappeared with her hand out, after he got famous. Dan plays Chadwick's business manager. A lot of the story is told in flashback and they jump around a lot, showing the good and the bad. I don't think Chadwick does any actual singing because the end credits listed the songs as being performed by James Brown. It's rated "PG-13" for violence, language, drug use and sexual content- but no nudity-and has a running time of 2 hours & 18 minutes. It's not one that I would buy on DVD but it would be alright, as a rental.
