Review of What's Love Got to Do with It? (2002) by Tara W — 09 Sep 2008

This Is A Great True Story I Really Enjoyed It.

This review of What's Love Got to Do with It? (2002) was written by Tara W on 09 Sep 2008.

What's Love Got to Do with It? has generally received positive reviews.

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A powerful, joyful, raw, energetically acted bio-pic detailing the joys and pain of the on- and offstage lives of blues rockers Ike and Tina Turner…

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Simply the best! Should've gotten the Oscar but white folks wasnt ready to give it up, even though it was nominated 6 times…

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Their nuanced performances give a spectrum of emotional shadings to a black-and-white script that casts Tina as the Beauty to Ike's unreconstructed…

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Angela Bassett is by far one of the best actresses of our time. She's great as Tina Turner…

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The story Ike and Tina Turner. Tina was a small town girl that nobody really thought had any potential until Ike came along…

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By Kathy M (128) on 20 May 2012

I also read the book to this before seeing the movie. Since reading Tina's book I have also read Ronnie Spector's Be My Baby…

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