Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

Directed by: Stephen Frears

Written by: Nicholas Martin

Starring: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, & Simon Helberg








Florence (Streep) is dedicated to music...has been all her life.  But after seeing a beautiful opera singer, she decides she wants to sing and do concerts.  Unfortunately, she is off rhythm and always flat.  Nevertheless, her doting husband St. Clair (Grant) will do anything to make her dream come true as well as protect her from humiliation.  But how far is too far?

Since this film is based on a true story, I love it even more.  Meryl Streep was hilarious and Helberg's faces contributed to this.

My favorite character though had to be St. Clair due to his love for his wife.  Even though their relationship was a little out of the ordinary, he still thought she was amazing.  After researching, he loved her even before she was rich so he wasn't a gold digger everyone!

The beginning and a little of the middle are a tad slow.  But after her first concert, the story begins to pick up and be interesting again.

Plus I loved one of Streep's lines: "People may say I couldn't sing, but no one can ever say I didn't sing."  In other words do what you love and disregard everyone's opinions of it.  It's none of your business what other people think of you.

4 popcorns.