Some Biopics about Musicians and Singers

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great Balls of Fire

(Released 1989)

Run time = 108 minutes

Director = Jim McBride

Starring Dennis Quaid as Jerry Lee Lewis

IMDb = 62 percent

Rotten Tomatoes = 60 percent (critics)

Rotten Tomatoes = 53 percent (audience)

Meta = 49 percent

Amazon = 92 percent

My rating = 100 percent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

(Released 1999)

** Run time = 120 minutes

** Director = Martha Coolidge

** Starring Halle Berry as Dorothy Dandridge

** IMDb = 71 percent

** Rotten Tomatoes = 83 percent (critics)

** Rotten Tomatoes = 80 percent (audience)

** Amazon = 96 percent

** My rating = 100 percent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Walk the Line

(Released 2005)

** Run time = 136 minutes

** Director = James Mangold

** Starring Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash

** Starring Reese Witherspoon as June Carter

** IMDb = 78 percent

** Rotten Tomatoes = 82 percent (critics)

** Rotten Tomatoes = 90 percent (audience)

** Meta = 72 percent

** Amazon = 96 percent

** My rating = 100 percent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ring of Fire

(Released 2013)

** Run time = 89 minutes

** Director = Allison Anders

** Starring Matt Ross as Johnny Cash

** Starring Jewel as June Carter Cash

** IMDb = 59 percent

** Rotten Tomatoes = 33 percent

** Rotten Tomatoes = 42 percent

** Amazon = 92 percent

** My rating = 80 percent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One Chance

(Released 2013)

** Run time = 103 minutes

** Director = David Frankel

** Starring James Corden as Paul Potts

** IMDb = 68 percent

** Rotten Tomatoes = 63 percent (critics)

** Rotten Tomatoes = 64 percent (audience)

** Meta = 52 percent

** Amazon = 80 percent

** My rating = 80 percent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rocket Man

(Released 2019)

** Run time = 121 minutes

** Director = Dexter Fletcher

** Starring Taron Egerton as Elton John

** IMDb = 73 percent

** Rotten Tomatoes = 89 percent (critics)

** Rotten Tomatoes = 88 percent (audience)

** Amazon = 88 percent

** My rating = 100 percent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Judy

(Released 2019)

** Run time = 118 minutes

** Director = Rupert Goold

** Starring Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland

** IMDb = 68 percent

** Rotten Tomatoes = 82 percent (critics)

** Rotten Tomatoes = 85 percent (audience)

** Meta = 66 percent

** Amazon = 86 percent

** My rating = 80 percent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Patsy & Loretta

(Released 2019)

** Run time = 88 minutes

** Director = Callie Khouri

** Starring Megan Hilty as Patsy Cline

** Starring Jessie Mueller as Loretta Lynn

** IMDb = 68 percent

** Common Sense Media = 60 percent

** Amazon = 86 percent

** My rating = 100 percent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The United States vs. Billie Holiday

(Released 2021)

** Run time = 130 minutes

** Director = Lee Daniels

** Starring Andra Day as Billie Holiday

** IMDb = 63 percent

** Rotten Tomatoes = 56 percent (critics)

** Rotten Tomatoes = 80 percent (audience)

** My rating = 80 percent

 

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On this blog:

My review of

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

(Posted in March 2017)

 

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