Javier did an amazing job.
I did not believe Nicole Kidman as Lucille Ball. She nailed the voice yes but body language & facial expression NO. I have have seen plenty of interviews and such of Lucille Ball not playing a character and just being herself and Nicole Kidman did not get it done here at all.
Also, maybe the name of the movie should have been “Lucille Ricardo” because it was about Lucy and HER choices and HER feelings about her career and her marriage.
You see very little of this story from Desi’s perspective. Everything about Desi we see it viewed through the lens of Lucy’s feelings, fears, insecurities and worries.
It was a good movie but I felt like there were some wrong decisions taken creatively here.
The casting of the Lucy, the title of the movie and also another issue which I won’t mention because it’s spoiler but it effects my over all feeling on this movie.
It was good and I may watch it again just because I like movies about real people and history and because Javier Bardem and J.K. Simmons were so damn amazing in it! BUT it does not deserve a Best Picture nod or a Best Actress nod at all.