Respect

Respect

The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.

  • Released: 2021-08-12
  • Runtime: 145 minutes
  • Genre: Drama, History, Music
  • Stars: Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Audra McDonald, Mary J. Blige, Marc Maron, Tituss Burgess, Saycon Sengbloh, Hailey Kilgore, Tate Donovan, Skye Dakota Turner, Heather Headley, Leroy McClain, Lodric D. Collins, Brenda Nicole Moorer, Brandon Gilpin, Tangela Large, Albert Jones, Myk Watford, Gilbert Glenn Brown
  • Director: Liesl Tommy
 Comments
  • JerryrFlanagan - 6 April 2024
    Jennifer Hudson is brilliant in this biography picture of Aretha Franklin
    Jennifer Hudson is brilliant in this biography picture of Aretha Franklin. Over the course of two decades, she has proven herself to be one of the most remarkable black female performers I have ever witnessed on screen. The intensity of her performances on screen is so remarkable that you will shed tears multiple times in each of her movies. She is a gifted individual who brings joy to all fans of Hollywood; myself included. I came into the world in 1968, just three months prior to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. My mother loved Aretha Franklin's music and acting. I was unaware for four decades that Dr. King had a close friendship with Miss Franklin's family and her father, who was a Baptist preacher. When she was 16 years old, Aretha toured with Dr. King and eventually performed at his funeral in 1968. Aretha Franklin serenaded the funeral procession as it made its way to Morehouse College, singing the iconic song 'We Shall Overcome'. It's astonishing how many historical details you can still be unaware of, even if you were born and raised during the tumultuous 1960s and 1970s in the United States. Both my parents and Aretha were born in the 1940s. Every day of my life, our home was filled with the music of the Queen of Soul. The years between 1950 and 1980, when the movie Blues Brothers came out, were filled with countless memories in the movie "Respect." At 56 in 2024, some of my childhood memories with my parents have become faded. Emotions overwhelmed me as I watched the biography film "Respect," reliving the ups and downs of Ms. Franklin's extraordinary life. I discovered something interesting - Ms. Dinah Washington, who called herself the Queen of the Blues, was actually friends with the Franklin family. Surprisingly, she was quite angry with Aretha Franklin for performing her songs when she started her career in blues clubs during the 1960s. Well done, Bravo Film Crew!
  • Alexanders-2 - 30 July 2023
    Good acting, bad script
    Respect" also has the problems of many other films. It is too long, it does not care about clean characterisation. In addition, the director does not seem to trust her leading actress, who after all already has an Oscar to her name, and shows her in individual situations that are rarely put into contexts that allow for development. Jennifer Hudson does a good job, but she could have been even better. This actually applies to all the actors in the film, with Forest Whitaker once again playing his usual over-the-top game. And so this film, shot almost exclusively in studios, drags along, there are the one or other good scene, but all that is not at all enough for a great film.