Review of Respect (2021) by Michael Phillips for Chicago Tribune — 12 Aug 2021
Respect runs into trouble when its own respect toward Aretha Franklin, the woman who gave us the voice of a century, settles for garden-variety adoration. But longtime stage director Liesl Tommy’s debut feature, working from a screenplay by dramatist and screenwriter Tracey Scott Wilson, offers plenty of compensations amid its biopic conventions.
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This review of Respect (2021) was written by Michael Phillips and published by Chicago Tribune on 12 Aug 2021.
Respect has generally received positive reviews.
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