#Slapdash scott mal movie
She even pops up in her own movie - as a fan seeking reassurance from Franklin - like a fangirl Alfred Hitchcock. It needed what Franklin was, an ideal interpreter.Įven Tommy herself seems to get a little bored by the end when she starts fussing with black-and-white film and old lenses, recreating TV interviews and even mixing in real news footage from the '60s. This film needed someone to sharpen and clarify. The script by Tracey Scott Wilson ("Fosse/Verdon") is a collection of scenes that don't add up to much, never really building and interrupted - by necessity, of course - with overly long music sequences. Music will save your life? That may work for Nickelodeon. But that's not hefty enough to explain how a woman who endured rape, domestic violence, racism, misogyny, mental health challenges and addiction could go on to win 18 Grammys. "Music will save your life," is the Hallmark-like slogan used in the film - uttered by a soulful Tituss Burgess as the Rev. This is a miss.ĭirector Liesl Tommy, using a screenplay by Tracey Scott Wilson, offers a series of chronological vignettes to try to explain what fed Franklin, a preacher's daughter from Detroit who would light up the world with her voice. After all, if you come for the queen, you best not miss. But a meandering, unfocused look at the first three decades of Franklin's life will also leave you saying a little prayer for the filmmakers.
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