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User Reviews for: Being the Ricardos

caustic.wit@aol.com
7/10  2 years ago
I wasn't sure I was going to be interested in this because I'm not a huge "I Love Lucy" fan. However, the deep dive into this harrowing week for Lucy and the show's cast was very interesting. The relationships between the characters were taken a little past the surface, Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem stole the show, and the auxiliary characters all played their roles well. I gave it 4 stars because I could recommend this to anyone. If you have a serious problem with an actor not perfectly playing an actual person, then you may just be unrealistic. It isn't easy to play an icon.

The good stuff:
** The characterizations of Lucy and Desi were wonderful. We learned how each had a great mind for the business, but also respected each other's career.
** Alia Shawkat as Madelyn Pugh, the only female writer in the room, was wonderful. Both funny and tough, I imagine she paved the way for many women to penetrate the production teams in TV and movies.
** The director of this movie did a great job presenting each aspect of the dumpster fire this one week appeared to be.

The bummers:
-- I don't think the documentary style was a great idea. I liked some of the dialogue there, but it just wasn't necessary.
-- 2 hours, 13 minutes is a little long for a movie like this.
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