Review of Lady Sings the Blues (1972) by Angel — 14 Apr 2007

This is by far Diana's best movie. Her performance was great portraying the late Billie Holiday. Must see...

This review of Lady Sings the Blues (1972) was written by Angel on 14 Apr 2007.

Lady Sings the Blues has generally received positive reviews.

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By Jen P (126) on 02 Mar 2008

Diana Ross hands down gives the best performance in any movie I've ever seen…

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By F A (55) on 03 Jun 2008

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By Rod M (77) on 27 Mar 2008

Gotta Love Piano Man. Early Richard Pryor. Diana was great. I prefer her versions of some of the songs in the movie…

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By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 29 Jun 2011

Though she doesn't look or sing as Billie Holiday, Diana Rosss gives a commendable performance in this fictionalized biopic, for which she…

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By Kyle B (1,653) on 25 Sep 2015

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By Luke G (692) on 23 Mar 2012

Billie Holiday, a controversial yet iconic figure in music. The drug addicted star is played magnificently by the legendary Diana Ross…

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By Stella D (433) on 06 Feb 2010

I'm a big fan of billie and she deserves a better film. this is dated, cliched, too long and hardly better than a tv movie…

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By Joanne R (27) on 07 Feb 2008

Saw this way way back and loved every bit of it. Diana Ross was exceptional. Maybe something similar will be done for Amy Winehouse…

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By James C (2,975) on 14 Feb 2010

As a historical biography of Billie Holiday, it's actually quite flawed…

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By Daniel V (622) on 18 Feb 2016

Diana Ross is amazing in this film (the Oscarr nomination was well deserved) as is Richard Pryor and Billy Dee Williams…

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