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By Lindsey Bahr (430) for The Associated Press (882) on 09 Dec 2021

Sorkin bites off a lot here — he wants this film to be about everything…

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By Sarah Jane (34) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 09 Dec 2021

As it stands, an extremely funny script and one J.K. Simmons do save the movie from being just a standard TV biopic of the week…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 09 Dec 2021

Why so gloomy? Well, this is a serious movie, for better and, more often, worse…

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By Nina Metz (31) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 09 Dec 2021

Sorkin’s approach is to focus on the things that are happening rather than to inquire as to the contours of Lucy or Desi’s internal monologues,…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for The New York Times (9,847) on 09 Dec 2021

The Lucy in Being the Ricardos is scarcely interested in messy politics…

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By Robbie Collin (1,612) for The Telegraph (1,120) on 09 Dec 2021

You suspect Sorkin relishes the clash between Ball’s fundamentally fatuous show and the razor-smartness of his take on it…

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By Andrew Crump (271) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 09 Dec 2021

There’s a good movie baked into Being the Ricardos’ 131 minutes. It’s about 90 minutes long, maybe a little less…

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By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 07 Dec 2021

No matter how many times you've watched those classic I Love Lucy episodes (or not at all), it's likely you'll come away from Being the Ricardos…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Variety (12,700) on 07 Dec 2021

The dialogue in Being the Ricardos has the blunt directness, dagger wit, and perfectly cut corners of Sorkinese — a sound that might…

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By Johnny Oleksinski (478) for New York Post (6,650) on 07 Dec 2021

I’ve always had my reservations about Sorkin as a director. His scripts tend to be better than his final products…

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By Weldon B. Johnson (13) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 07 Dec 2021

Being the Ricardos is a fascinating look at a time in American life when a number of facades were beginning to crumble…

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By Olly Richards (291) for Empire (3,446) on 07 Dec 2021

The things Sorkin is criticised for — grand speeches, an earnest streak — are the things that make his work sing when the context is right…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 07 Dec 2021

The bottom line on Being the Ricardos is that it’s irresistible…

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By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 07 Dec 2021

While it lacks a strong overall narrative focus, Ricardos makes the most of a strong supporting cast and Sorkin’s excellent, banter-filled script…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 07 Dec 2021

It’s an effective if reductive conceit, which more or less describes Being the Ricardos, one of those pleasantly tidy biographical fantasias…

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By Leila Latif (37) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 07 Dec 2021

While Sorkin, Kidman and Bardem breathe life into these sitcom icons, their lives ultimately prove too big and too messy to fit within this…

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By David Rooney (943) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 07 Dec 2021

Anyone curious about the mechanics of a pioneering sitcom will be entertained by Being the Ricardos, and there’s no denying that the performances…

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By Clarisse Loughrey (259) for The Independent (259) on 07 Dec 2021

It is, at the very least, far more interested in words than ideas – perhaps the defining feature of Sorkin’s work…

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By Robert Daniels (336) for The Playlist (3,871) on 07 Dec 2021

Being the Ricardos isn’t a total disaster, but it’s not a grand triumph either…

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By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 07 Dec 2021

The Lucy-Desi material that should be at the heart of the story never really pays off, as if it’s wandered off and found another, secret…

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