Review of The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021) by David Rooney for The Hollywood Reporter — 19 Feb 2021
Day mesmerizes even when Lee Daniels' unwieldy bio-drama careens all over the map with stylistic inconsistency and narrative dysfunction, settling for episodic electricity in the absence of a robust connective thread.
It's a mess, albeit an absorbing one, driven by a raw central performance of blistering indignation, both tough and vulnerable.
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This review of The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021) was written by David Rooney and published by The Hollywood Reporter on 19 Feb 2021.
The United States vs. Billie Holiday has generally received mixed reviews.
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