Top billed cast

1. 

   Jennifer Hudson

   Aretha Franklin

2. 

   Forest Whitaker

   C. L. Franklin

3. 

   Marlon Wayans

   Ted White

4. 

   Audra McDonald

   Barbara Franklin

5. 

   Mary J. Blige

   Dinah Washington

6. 

   Marc Maron

   Jerry Wexler

7. 

   Tituss Burgess

   Reverend Dr. James Cleveland

8. 

   Saycon Sengbloh

   Erma Franklin

9. 

   Hailey Kilgore

   Carolyn Franklin

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-03-27

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...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$55,000,000.00

Revenue
$31,217,372.00

Keywords

• pop singer
• biography
• african american history
• african american
• african american musician