Review of Being the Ricardos (2021) by Melissav — 11 Dec 2021

The best film of the year, Nicole Kidman gives an Oscar worhty perfomance. The screenplay is also 10/10, Sorkin never misses to develop its characters.

This review of Being the Ricardos (2021) was written by Melissav on 11 Dec 2021.

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