Directed by:
Aaron SorkinScreenplay:
Aaron SorkinCinematography:
Jeff CronenwethComposer:
Daniel PembertonCast:
Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, J.K. Simmons, Jake Lacy, Nina Arianda, Alia Shawkat, Linda Lavin, Clark Gregg, Tony Hale, Robert Pine, Ronny Cox, Dana Lyn Baron (more)VOD (3)
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During one production week of I Love Lucy – from Monday table read through Friday audience taping – Lucille Ball (Nicole Kidman) and Desi Arnaz (Javier Bardem) face a series of personal and professional crises that threaten their show, their careers and their marriage, in writer-director Aaron Sorkin’s behind-the-scenes drama. (Prime Video)
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This is exactly the kind of film that screams "Oscar bait." A dialogue-heavy piece that tries to captivate by referencing old Hollywood and poking fun at the soap operas of the 1950s. However, it also burdens its characters with petty squabbles that weighed the film down for me. Ultimately, the movie’s saving grace is the stellar acting — almost theatrical in its delivery. It’s the performances that make this worth watching, with Nicole Kidman standing out as the clear star.
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For 20 years, I have fondly remembered the older TV movie Lucy (2003), I adore the original series I Love Lucy, and of course, Kidman. Therefore, my expectations were high, and so is my disappointment. But Aaron Sorkin, though he has been working on the film for a long time and was even there when Kidman tried to find her Hollywood place in Malice 30 years ago, but he is apparently a much better screenwriter than a director. Such a great topic and so much of it wasted! Shrinking the story into a single week and haphazardly putting together the marriage crisis, membership in the Communist Party, the creation of a groundbreaking sitcom, and even combining drama with fake docudrama? That really wasn't necessary.
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