Release Date
August 12, 2016
DVD Release Date
December 13, 2016 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Stephen Frears
Writer
Nicholas Martin
Cast
Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Rebecca Ferguson
Studio
Running Time
110 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated PG-13 for brief suggestive material
Set in 1940s New York, Florence Foster Jenkins is the true story of the legendary New York heiress and socialite (Meryl Streep) who obsessively pursued her dream of becoming a great singer. The voice she heard in her head was beautiful, but to everyone else it was hilariously awful. Her "husband" and manager, St. Clair Bayfield (Hugh Grant), an aristocratic English actor, was determined to protect his beloved Florence from the truth. But when Florence... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
Entertaining but inconsequential, Florence Foster Jenkins stars Meryl Streep as a socialite-performer notorious for her horrible singing (and for being oblivious to how bad she is). Funny until you realize the joke is a real person, the movie basically serves as an opportunity for Streep to play a caricature on her way to an undeserved Oscar nomination. Full movie review »
