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Watch: Respect 2021 123movies, Full Movie Online – The film follows the first two decades of Franklin’s life, from being born as a musical prodigy in an affluent African-American family, the repercussions of losing her mother at age 10 to her arduous rise to international musical stardom, while enduring an abusive marriage, ultimately concluding with the recording of her influential live album Amazing Grace (1972)..
Plot: The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.
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Ratings:

	6.6/10 Votes: 15,030
	68% | RottenTomatoes
	61/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 299 Popularity: 19.784 | TMDB

Reviews:

This was a good movie, and I enjoyed it. However, I don’t expect I will ever watch it a second time. In a way, it felt like I had already seen it. And I get why: the experiences of women, even celebrity women, often mirror each other when it comes to strict fathers, as=busive first husbands, and so on. The reason we have cliches is that a lot of stuff that happens is so common it becomes a cliche. I only wish the movie had surprised me once in a while when it came to the two-dimensional portrayal of those characters.

There were a few little surprises like that: the change in Aretha’s reaction to the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section backup band, a moment with her father late in the film, and a few other places. But mostly it all seemed familiar. But still, I like the movie and recommend it.

Much has been made of the late Aretha Franklin’s choice of actress to portray her in this early career retrospective – but I wonder what she might have made of the rest of the cast? Jennifer Hudson is superb when she sings, she captures much of the range and vitality of Ms Franklin. Unfortunately, as an actress she fares a little less well, and coupled with a really mediocre supporting cast the film drags quite frequently. The chronology of the story is simple enough, depicting the transition from innocent young girl – a sort of vocal trophy for her father, woken up to enthusiastically perform to the great and the good at house parties – through her disputes with the same strongly willed father (Forest Whitaker) as she hooks up with 12-years older Ted White (Marlon Wayans) and starts her bumpy road to stardom. Maybe had there been more actual opportunity for Hudson to deliver more songs, then the film would have stood out more – but there is too much emphasis on the (frankly, occasionally quite horrifying) domestic problems that rather turn this into an authentic, but still rather uninteresting tale of drink induced family woes. Certainly, these go some way to explaining the gritty determination of the woman to succeed, but they are allowed a dominance in the film that after a while become a little bit cyclical, dull even. What is clearly evident is her pride in her race, but that was also inclusive – she worked with people based on their skills and abilities regardless of their colour – including the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section – and that proves testament to a woman prepared to demonstrate a free thinking that was well ahead of it’s time. Marc Maron works quite well as her long-suffering Atlantic records producer Jerry Wexler and Mary J. Blige turns in an interesting interpretation of a slightly temperamental Dinah Washington, but for the main it’s all down to Hudson and she just needed to focus more on the wonderfully powerful portfolio of songs and less on the somewhat clunky drama. Stick around for the very end – there is a great “bonus track” from the lady herself.

Hudson shines and honors the Queen of Soul
Jennifer Hudson is an excellent actress, and I always thought she would be a great choice to portray Aretha Franklin. It would be no easy task to fully portray Franklin’s legacy on screen in an authentic manner, but after having seen the film early at a Fandango advance screening, I’m happy to say that she succeeded. Hudson’s acting range is potent and profound. She is able to clearly convey passion, empathy, and emotional challenges where appropriate in the film’s narrative. The film attempts to provide a comprehensive overview of most of Franklin’s life, from her challenging early childhood until the 1970s, but primarily focuses on the mid-to-late 60s and early 70s. Its narrative structure is a bit choppy and awkwardly paced, although it should be noted that (to state the obvious) no individual’s life depicted in a biopic can fit completely neatly into the conventional three-act Hollywood film structure.

To state the obvious, Hudson’s leading performance is the true crown jewel of the film. The film does a great job at humanizing Aretha Franklin, while still showing her emotional and substance-related struggles in a realistic way. Supporting performances in the film are quite strong as well. Particularly notable are Forest Whitaker giving a commanding and powerful performance as Franklin’s father, and Marlon Wayans portraying her violent, self-centered husband. Hudson’s singing voice is great as well, and her performances of songs such as “Respect,” “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and “Amazing Grace” are superb. Despite the exceptional acting talent on display in the film, “Respect” sometimes waddles a bit too much in formulaic and conventional tropes of biopics. The film sometimes comes off as playing it a bit too safe, and shies away from taking any noteworthy creative risks that could have had greater stakes or emotional impact within the context of the viewing experience. At about 2.5 hours, it runs a bit too long, and there’s definitely about 30 minutes worth of scenes in here that do not add much to the overall narrative and could easily have been cut. That said, an awards-worthy lead performance makes the film generally a solid one. Recommended. 7/10.

What’s the Point of Making Movies Like These?
“Respect” is the latest in the long line of movies that sets an actress up for failure by asking her to bring to life someone who she can’t be anything other than a pale imitation of.

In this case, it’s Aretha Franklin, and the filmmakers make the disastrous mistake of showing footage of the real Aretha Franklin over the closing credits. Those scenes are the best things about the movie, and all they do is make clear how pointless was the movie leading up to them.

Jennifer Hudson is adored, clearly, but I am in the minority I guess who thinks she’s way overrated. She’s got a set of pipes on her, that’s for sure, but she sings every song, no matter what it is, in the same ear-splitting manner, without any nuance or any indication that she knows what she’s singing about. She’s also not a very good actress, so though I don’t enjoy her singing, that was the only thing I wanted to see her do, because I enjoy her singing more than her acting and at least I get to hear Franklin’s songs, even if not sung by her.

The screenplay to this movie is a mess, setting up a trauma in Franklin’s childhood that the movie spends its entire length avoiding until the pat ending when she learns that she needs to overcome it if she’s to find peace. In between is a whirlwind of scenes that all mostly put Franklin’s life in context of men who treated her badly and virtually ignores the contributions she made to the civil rights movement.

This is one of those biopic movies anyone could make by simply filling in the template. Traumatic childhood experience? Check. Marriage to a controlling bully? Check. Rock bottom drunk scene? Check. Uplifting hagiographic ending? Check.

Boooorrrrrrring.

Grade: C.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 25 min (145 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 31217372
Status Released
Rated PG-13
Genre Biography, Drama, Music
Director Liesl Tommy
Writer Tracey Scott Wilson, Callie Khouri
Actors Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans
Country United States, Canada
Awards 3 wins & 39 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio 2.39 : 1
Camera Arri Alexa LF, Panavision B-, C- and T-Series Lenses, Arri Alexa Mini LF, Panavision T-Series Lenses, Arriflex 16 BL, Arriflex 16 SR3
Laboratory Company 3 (dailies processing) (color), EFilm (digital intermediate)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 16 mm (Kodak Vision3 500T 7219, Eastman Double-X 7222), Codex ARRIRAW (4.5K)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (4K) (master format), Panavision (anamorphic) (source format), Spherical (16 mm footage) (source format) (some scenes), Super 16 (source format) (some scenes)
Printed Film Format DCP Digital Cinema Package