Review of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) by Eric Kohn for IndieWire — 20 Nov 2020
An actor’s showcase for Viola Davis as the show-stopping singer and the late Chadwick Boseman as the scheming trumpeter angling to steal her spotlight, director George C. Wolfe’s reverential adaptation livens up the material with sizzling color and vivid closeups.
Save for a few digressions, however, Wolfe and screenwriter Ruben Santiago-Hudson have put the play into the movie, rather than vice versa.
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This review of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) was written by Eric Kohn and published by IndieWire on 20 Nov 2020.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom has generally received positive reviews.
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