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Nina

2016

Cynthia Mort

Zoe Saldana, David Oyelowo, Mike Epps, Ella Thomas ...

4.7

637

Drama The story of the late jazz musician and classical pianist Nina Simone including her rise to fame and relationship with her manager Clifton Henderson.

	Author	Review
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"A certain integrity and seriousness of intent gleams through, but Nina is just too big a subject, and talent, to be compressed into such a small package"	NEU
United States	Andrew Barker Variety	"The casting of Zoe Saldana is scarcely the only problematic element of Cynthia Mort's misconceived Nina Simone biopic"	NEG
United States	Dan Callahan The Wrap	"This catastrophic biopic plays like a sketch-comedy version of a bad movie about a legendary performer (...) an infuriatingly amateurish picture"	NEG
United Kingdom	Jordan Hoffman The Guardian	"An inept, cliche-ridden story edited together in a treacly and cheap manner (...) That being said, even with this rancid script, Saldana is, at times, a commanding presence (...) Rating: ★★ (out of five)"	NEG
United States	Stephen Whitty New York Daily News	"Skip the movie. Buy some CDs. And sit down in the dark with a drink to experience the real Miss Simone (...) Rating: ★½ (out of five)"	NEG
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"A sincere and spectacularly misbegotten new biopic (...) Mort's writing lacks psychological texture, and her direction generates little intensity"	NEG

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