Get on Up

Movie

2014

2h 19m

PG-13

English

Drama, Music

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6.8

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

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Get on Up

PG-13

Movie

2014

2h 19m

English

Drama, Music

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

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6.8

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Cast

James Brown

Bobby Byrd

Ben Bart

Susie Brown

Joe Brown

Syd Nathan

DeeDee Brown

Aunt Honey

Mick Jagger

Yvonne Fair

Corporal Dooley

Pool Cleaner

Warden

Maceo Parker

Little Richard

Nafloyd Scott

Ralph Bass

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Vicki Anderson

Pee Wee Ellis

Baby Roy

Penelope White

Gertrude Sanders

Grandpa Byrd

Kathy

Richard

Directed By: Tate Taylor

Written By: Jez Butterworth (Screenplay), John-Henry Butterworth (Screenplay), + 1 more

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KornManiak23 says...

8 months ago

The timeline/flashbacks were all over the place, awful direction. But Chadwick as James Brown was great, he deserved an Oscar for this performance.

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Bradym03 says...

4 years ago

Chadwick Boseman is James Brown. He got the dancing, voice, and mannerisms down. While the movie itself was very messy and at times lost it's focus. A little bit too long as well with some musical scenes dragging on at times. Still, Chadwick Boseman performance makes this movie memorable. I have to admit, I got a bit teary eyed watching this, not because of the movie, but because how we lost such a talented actor to a horrible disease.

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Lee Brown Barrow says...

8 years ago

Boseman's terrific performance as James Brown ensures this film is one of the better music biopics of recent years. The acting here is strong across the board, however, making this a film to see whether or not you are a James Brown fan.

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AlexanderZ says...

9 years ago

Taylor's "Get On Up" tries to be a lot of different things, but it doesn't juggle them well. Brown went through so much in his life that it may have been better to focus on one of these important moments than to throw them all together. What we get is a slow moving and messy film that doesn't always add up to what it could have been. The film ends strongly with a montage that sums up Brown well and a song.

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r96sk

7/10 4 years ago

Chadwick Boseman is terrific, but 'Get on Up' is missing something that would make it a great biopic.

I still very much enjoyed it, I always tend to find biographical films interesting - especially when I don't know too much about the person(s) in question, as is the case with James Brown here; I More

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r96sk

4 years ago

Chadwick Boseman is terrific, but 'Get on Up' is missing something that would make it a great biopic.

I still very much enjoyed it, I always tend to find biographical films interesting - especially when I don't know too much about the person(s) in question, as is the case with James Brow More

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