Florence Foster Jenkins Review (2016)

Florence Foster Jenkins

  You know those people that go on American Idol and try really hard to give this epic audition, but they really can't sing at all? Yet for some reason nobody in their family wanted to save them from being embarrassed on national television, so they just encourage it. That is basically what Florence Foster Jenkins is about.
  Meryl Steep plays an opera singer who can't sing, yet her husband (Hugh Grant) doesn't want to crush her dreams. Sooooo instead of saving her from national embarrassment, he instead gets a bunch of people who don't know anything about music, are partially deaf, or are too old to care, to sit in the audience.
  I liked a lot about this movie. To state the obvious, the acting is top notch. I especially liked Simon Helberg as Cosme Mcmoon, Steep's pianist. He was so endearing and his comedic timing was perfect.
  The comedy was actually something that really surprised me. It had some brilliant moments of laugh out loud humor as well as some really dramatic scenes. This is a film with a lot of heart, and somehow gets you rooting for Streep's character, even though you think she's awful.
Florence Foster Jenkins is an extremely satisfying drama, with amazing performances. It's entertaining, it's tender, and it's getting a 7 out of 10 stars from me. (Very Good)