Review of Respect (2021) by Richard Brody for The New Yorker — 18 Aug 2021
The filmmakers of Respect aim at a wide audience with an altogether more obvious and calculating contrivance. They don’t grant the person, the personality, the character of Aretha the same originality, complexity, or substance that the real-life Franklin had; they leave all the specifics on Hudson’s shoulders, and her energetic, detailed, and focussed performance nearly papers over the missing heart of the movie.
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This review of Respect (2021) was written by Richard Brody and published by The New Yorker on 18 Aug 2021.
Respect has generally received positive reviews.
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