Being the Ricardos
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.
- Released: 2021-12-10
- Runtime: 132 minutes
- Genre: Drama, History
- Stars: Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, J.K. Simmons, Jake Lacy, Nina Arianda, Alia Shawkat, Linda Lavin, Clark Gregg, Tony Hale, Robert Pine, Ronny Cox, Nelson Franklin, Christopher Denham, John Rubinstein, Jonah Platt, Matt Cook, Jamie Miller, Pamela Mitchell, Renee Pezzotta, Ron Ostrow, Breanna Wing, Kate Ellie Fitzgerald, John Funk, Dana Lyn Baron, Dan Sachoff, Jenya Chaplin, John F. Carpenter, Gail Rastorfer, Shiree Nelson, Lori Dorfman, Jeremiah Ripley, Angela Leib, Evie Nicholson, Louis Delavenne, Jeff Holman, Brian Howe, Ron Perkins, Baize Buzan, Joshua Bednarsky, Max Silvestri, Chris Wolfe, Caroline Anderson, Russ Burd, Guido Cocomello, David Saenz, Stephanie Lesh-Farrell, Lawrence Novikoff, Jack Benza, Peter Onorati, Rick Batalla, Melinda Sullivan, Christian Roberts, Gus Lynch, Allan Wayne Anderson, David Jonathan Fine, Val Chmerkovskiy, Asiel Hardison, Reina Hidalgo, Jenna Johnson, Will Loftis, Noelle Marsh, Leo Moctezuma, Nayara Núñez, Britt Stewart, Eddie Torres Jr., James Patrick Duffy, Emily Marsh, Cece Camps, Daniel Armella, Molly Meyer, Jenna Johnson, Christian Roberts
- Director: Aaron Sorkin
Comments
- killercharm - 6 October 2022
ok movie
An ok movie portraying the I Love Lucy show and its denizens. The story is just ok but the ending is naked worship. Neither of the stars is right for the part. I won't say the actors have no chemistry but the characters, as portrayed by Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem, have none. I understand the voice control thing Ms. Kidman is doing, but rather than coming across as Lucille Ball, she sounds like Lucille Ball sometimes and Nicole Kidman at others. That's fine, I kind of like teasing it apart, but what they did to her face defies logic. It does nothing to make her look more like Lucille Ball, and why would she want to? So, is it to make her look closer to 39 rather than in her 50s? Neither of these actors looks (or acts) anywhere close to the ages they are portraying. If Lucille is 39 in the Being the Ricardos universe then Desi is 31, and a new father. Instead we see a middle-aged couple who look and act middle-aged. Even though I adore both actors it's just ok this time. The 21st century language would have been so much more entertaining, fitting and conducive if replaced with the lingo of the era. These were people who not only loved America but really dug the times they live in. TV was all that. Another small beef I have is the lack of logic during many of Lucille's conversations. It's like watching a less adept Network. In Network it was supposed to be lightning-quick clever and maybe a little too quick for the average person (maybe not, but it's supposed to be). In Being the Ricardos it's supposed to be lightning-quick and is more like plodding. During a week in the lives of the I Love Lucy show we are backstage and at home with the Ricardos. A possible scandal blows up about her being a communist alongside one about him philandering. - jeroduptown - 27 July 2022
Vitameatavegamin
Not sure that Kidman was the best Lucy outside of having a similar body style....she was a little cold and brittle. Interesting look into the live of Lucy and Desi, even if the communist thing was a little outta left field.
