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Get On Up

  • Rated PG 13
  • 2hr 19m
  • 71

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  • Trailer for Get On Up
  • Clip: James talks to his Mom
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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Tate Taylor

Producer:

Brian Grazer, Mick Jagger, Victoria Pearman

Writer:

Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth

Release Date:

Aug 1, 2014

Runtime:

2hr 19m

Synopsis

A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

Cast

  • Chadwick Boseman
  • Nelsan Ellis
  • Dan Aykroyd
  • Viola Davis
  • Lennie James
  • Fred Melamed
  • Craig Robinson
  • Jill Scott
  • Octavia Spencer
  • Josh Hopkins

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Metacritic

71
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Based on 44 Critics
7.0

USER SCORE (82)

Generally favorable reviews based on 82 Reviews
58
Aug 1, 2014

There is no law requiring a biopic to make “nice” with its subject, but Get On Up, which presents Brown almost entirely unflatteringly except as a performer, makes you wonder why the filmmakers (including Mick Jagger, one of its producers) took the trouble.

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Metacritic review by Peter Rainer
Peter Rainer
Christian Science Monitor
80
Aug 1, 2014

Tate Taylor’s film cares less about narrative clarity and more about portraying a life lived between the extremes of sin and grace, between the abject and the sublime. It’s lively, stylized, and genuinely surprising.

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Metacritic review by Bilge Ebiri
Bilge Ebiri
New York Magazine (Vulture)
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