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By Odie Henderson (402) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 13 Aug 2021

Whether it’s in a nightgown or in the full, glorious regalia Aretha Franklin adorned in her concert appearances, Hudson performs with the…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for ABC News (186) on 13 Aug 2021

This by-the-numbers Aretha Franklin biopic is all about Jennifer Hudson doing Aretha proud. And does she ever…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 13 Aug 2021

Respect is fine, fitfully rousing, even respectable. And sometimes, it’s something more…

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By Johnny Oleksinski (478) for New York Post (6,650) on 13 Aug 2021

The supporting voices are sublime. Alongside Hudson are Audra McDonald, Tituss Burgess and Broadway’s Hailey Kilgore and Saycon Sengbloh…

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By Ramkalo1999 (1) on 13 Aug 2021

Amazing with Jennifer Hudson coming for that Oscar brillant, great, fantastic, amazing…

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By Sn1997 (1) on 13 Aug 2021

The only word to describe this film is Astounding…

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By Robert Daniels (336) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 12 Aug 2021

The preceding two-plus hours of this 145-minute slog — Tommy’s threadbare hodgepodge of bad impressions, gratuitous filmmaking, and even…

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By Alan Ng (404) for Film Threat (5,156) on 12 Aug 2021

Liesl Tommy extracts the proper emotion from every scene, and the music is like truffles on top of a fantastic meal…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Time (1,811) on 12 Aug 2021

Respect honors the utilitarian nature of songwriting, and of making art in general…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 12 Aug 2021

While it’s easy to quibble about the choices of omission and inclusion made by screenwriter Tracey Scott Wilson and whether a more adventurous,…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 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…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for The New York Times (9,847) on 12 Aug 2021

Respect succeeds in doing exactly what is expected of it…

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By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 12 Aug 2021

Earnest to a fault, Respect spells out a handsome tribute to Aretha Franklin, with Jennifer Hudson and her peerless singing pipes as its formidable…

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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 12 Aug 2021

Respect, the new movie starring Jennifer Hudson as the late soul singer Aretha Franklin, proves once again that musical biopics have become…

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By Bilge Ebiri (1,050) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 12 Aug 2021

The preceding two-plus hours of this 145-minute slog — Tommy’s threadbare hodgepodge of bad impressions, gratuitous filmmaking, and even…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 11 Aug 2021

Respect is nominally a movie about a woman finding her voice, but more accurately it’s about her taking full possession of it…

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By Carys Anderson (2) for Consequence (296) on 11 Aug 2021

All of the events of Respect are to be expected. No new truths about the Queen of Soul are unearthed…

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By Mark Feeney (434) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 11 Aug 2021

The turbulence of the life and the wondrousness of the talent are an irresistible combination…

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By Josh Larsen (2,042) for LarsenOnFilm (1,412) on 11 Aug 2021

We get some great music in Respect, but only a surface sense of the rest…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 10 Aug 2021

Respect is filled with memorable supporting turns, including Audra McDonald as Aretha’s mother and Saycon Sengbloh and Hailey Kilgore as…

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