Review of Being the Ricardos (2021) by Moira Macdonald for The Seattle Times — 09 Dec 2021
Sometimes, miscasting can be very interesting, in the hands of an actor who knows what she’s doing — and Kidman is definitely that. Here, she creates a nuanced and believable version of Ball (and of “Lucy,” the character Ball played on her sitcom “I Love Lucy,” though we don’t see much of her), meticulously introducing us to a serious, thoughtful woman obsessed with the details of comedy, who understood what it meant to have power at a time when few women did.
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This review of Being the Ricardos (2021) was written by Moira Macdonald and published by The Seattle Times on 09 Dec 2021.
Being the Ricardos has generally received positive reviews.
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