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  Review by Bec ★★★★

  Can I just say: Angela Basset's arms. 

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  Review by Ayo Edebiri ★★★★

  water is wet and Angela Bassett was robbed of her Oscar here. and so it goes!

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  Review by Patrick Willems ★★½ 3

  Man, Ike Turner was a piece of shit

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  Review by 𝚮𝖆𝖗𝖑𝖊𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖓𝖆𝖉𝖊 ❤️‍🔥 ★★★½ 4

  Tina Turner is not happy with this movie and says it made her look like a "victim". Her opinion is the only one that matters here but I will just say that when it comes to situations like this we needed to retire the word "victim" and use "survivor" instead. It's saddening she feels this way because I don't think anyone in this world considers Tina Turner to be anyone but an incredibly strong and resilient person.

  The film is a standard biopic but it's elevated by great performances by Laurence Fishburne and especially the goddess Angela Bassett, particularly in the latter half. She lipsyncs of course but she absolutely nails the physicality and the moves, "Proud Mary" performance here…

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  Review by Tatiana ★★★★

  they should have gave Angela Bassett the oscar for her arms alone

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  Review by Sally Jane Black 3

  CW: abuse, misogyny

  Every piece of art you love was brought to you via exploitation.

  It needs to be made clear at the start that though the process of exploitation is used to distribute the art, though exploitation drags art out of creators in hard circumstances, though exploitation is an unavoidable quality of a capitalist system, none of the art you love was created because of exploitation. Near the end of the film, Ike tells Tina he "made her." The truth is, she made herself in spite of him.

  Take the scene where Phil Spector (a known abuser of women himself) comes to ask Tina to make a song with him. It ends with Ike and Phil going off-camera to…

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  Review by ben empey ★★★

  there are several moments where angela seems to go to a place beyond acting

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  Review by Sam ★★★½ 2

  It’s almost redundant at this point to say ‘Angela Bassett as Tina Turner is one of the best performances ever’ but it’s true. The difficulty of putting the magic of her into words lies within the fact that it’s an experience rather than a calculated, predictable notion. Her screen time embodies such an emotionally rich and tough persona that it seems as if she is this woman. The amount of work, respect, energy and boldness she injects into each second is an unaltered treat that never fails to showcase the effects of both brutality and luck. Her musical numbers are impressively vibrant while her shocking realizations are beautifully haunting. The film may be a vehicle for her to succeed, but when it’s at THIS level, you can’t deny how absolutely entrancing she is.

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  Review by Jake Alda Coffey ★★★½

  Angela Bassett is terrific as Tina Turner. However the movie itself felt very mundane in its storytelling, focusing mostly just on the abuse rather than her career itself.

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  Review by Kylo ★★★★½

  What a movie. Hard to watch but so inspiring. What a life Tina has led. All the songs were fantastic. Angela Bassett is truly sensational in the role. In fact, she was Oscar nominated. One of the best music biopics.

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  Review by jack ★★★½

  angela bassett as tina turner is probably one of the best performances i've ever seen

  also FUCK ike turner

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  Review by Will Steele ★★★½

  Look up the definition for “powerhouse performance” and it’ll simply say: Angela Bassett in What’s Love Got To Do With It