There are two recent accounts of Aretha Franklin’s legendary life. Only one succeeds at telling a complex story. That Respect didn’t knock it out of the park feels like somehow flunking a test when ...
Respect covers 20 years of Aretha’s (Jennifer Hudson)’s life and career. In Detroit in 1952, Ree (Skye Dakota Turner) lives with her father Clarence (Forest Whitaker). Clarence is a preacher for whom ...
"Respect" chronicles the ascension of Aretha Franklin from church soloist to chart topper. The film manages to document the abuse Franklin faced in her life without leaning on violence. Director Liesl ...
'Respect' screenwriter Tracey Scott Wilson speaks with Showbiz Cheat Sheet about writing the Aretha Franklin biopic. Scott Wilson addressed how she chose which songs to include in the movie, and even ...
Franklin, who died in 2018, handpicked Hudson to portray her on screen. Jennifer Hudson carries this by-the-numbers biopic of Aretha Franklin on the strength of her powerhouse voice, an abiding ...
“Respect,” the Aretha Franklin biopic, opens in theaters Friday, Aug. 13. It chronicles the story of Franklin’s life, which she kept private, in a fictionalized manner. Before you see the film, here ...
Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson expertly embodies many aspects of the young Aretha Franklin in “Respect,” but she drew the line when it came to smoking cigarettes in director’s Liesl Tommy’s ...
"She would sing and sing and sing and sing on those days. It was astounding," Respect director Liesl Tommy says of Jennifer Hudson Liesl Tommy, director of the new Aretha Franklin biopic Respect, can ...
The new biopic “Respect” runs through two decades of Aretha Franklin’s life in 2½ hours, starting at age 9 and culminating with her back-to-the-roots gospel project “Amazing Grace.” The film, starring ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- It's finally here! "Respect" opens in theaters Thursday. Some of the people involved in the film spoke about joining Chicago's Jennifer Hudson to bring Aretha Franklin's life to the ...
Star Jennifer Hudson hits a few high notes in a film beset by the usual biopic tropes and shortcuts, few of which allow for a deep enough look at the Queen of Soul. When Liesl Tommy’s Aretha Franklin ...
Early in the making of “Respect,” director Liesl Tommy had an edict for the movie’s actors and crew. “There will be only one diva on this movie,” she told them. “And that will be Aretha Franklin.” ...
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