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Summary: What does it have do wit AnyTHING?!?
Review: Just kidding. I didn't know anything much about Tina Turner except that she is a music legend and that she once got in a catfight with Elton John. I felt that it was interesting, well acted with great songs. I didn't know that Tina Turner went through that. A must-see!
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Summary: WELL DONE TINA AND IKE.
Review: MAN WHAT CANT U SAY BOUT THIS MOVIE. IT WAS EVERYTING. THE ONLY THING I DIDNT LIKE BOUT THE MOVIE WAS HOW THE MAMMY ACTED. IF SHE WAS A REAL MOTHER THEN SHE WOULDNT OF TOLD IKE WHERE SHE WAS EVERY TIME SHE TRIED TO LEAVE. TINA WAS CRAZY CUS ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS OUT THEIR HANDS ON ME ONE TIME AND IM GONE. I CNAT BELIEVE SHE PUT UP WITH HIS MESS. TO ME IT AINT THAT MUCH LOVE IN THE WORLD.IF THEY PUT THEIR HANDS ON U ONCE THEN THEIR GONNA DO IT AGAIN. IF U HAVENT SEEN THIS MOVIE THEN U SHOULD GO AND SEE IT.
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Summary: Another Example of OSCAR'S Bias
Review: QUESTION: How many people have actually seen Holly Hunter's Oscar-winning performance in the critically-acclaimed "The Piano?"ANSWER: Probably not as many who witnessed the star-turning explosive one by Angela Bassett as rock icon Tina Turner. Bassett, although "pumped up" a little too much, IS Tina. She captures the singer's movements, attitude, and magnificent stage presence. She successfully pulls off the aging from teen to adult perfectly. Her co-star, Laurence Fishburne, brings energy to the role of mentor and abuser Ike Turner. The always captivating Jenifer Lewis is outstanding as Turner's mom. I wish that Hollywood would saddle Miss Lewis with more than "motherly" roles. She is sexier and more intriguing than women half her age.
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Summary: Angela Bassett Deserved the Oscar, not Halle Berry
Review: That is my sentiment. When Angela Bassett exploded on the silver screen as the irrepressible Tina Turner and was nominated for an Oscar....I was certain she would win. However, she didn't. Instead, Halle Berry earned the distinction of the being the first woman of African descent to win the Best Actress Award...and for a performance that doesn't come anywhere close to Bassett's. In fact, many Oscar winner's performances pale to Bassett's and people still remember Bassett's showstopper and didn't even remember whom she lost the award to. Based on Tina Turner's autobiography, it "chronicled" Tina's rise to stardom as Ike Turner's partner. The relationship, already tumultous from the start, turned for the worst when Tina's fame pulled ahead of Ike's. Tina finally left the relationship and started from scratch, becoming the successful solo artist that she is today. Ike is very much maligned in this movie, understandable since it is told from Tina's point of view. In any case, Laurence Fishburne delivered a tour-de-force performance that rivals Bassett's. As for Bassett herself, I agree with reviewers that she did not imitated, or even looked much like Tina. To imitate someone only shows you are NOT that person. In any case, Bassett did an incredible job of endearing herself to the audience into believing that she IS Tina Turner. So successful was she that when the real Tina showed up in a concert clip at the end of the movie, it seems a bit of a comedown...because we have already attached to and identified with Angela; and invested a good portion of our emotions toward her. Some reviewers seem to take umbrage with the fact that Tina's Black husband is the villain of the piece while benevolent White men "saved" Tina in the end. Got news for you, despite what PC and feminism like to make you believe, heterosexual white men are not the only oppressors of the world.
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Summary: Even More Domestic Violence Than *Mommie Dearest*
Review: The deification of St. Tina and the deserved crucifixion of Ike, starring the magnificent Angela Bassett, is harrowing and crackling with electricity. Perhaps the only movie with more domestic violence than *Mommie Dearest*, this is the movie bio to end all movie bios. From the earliest scenes of a rambunctious Tina (or Anna Mae, as she was known then) acting up during choir practice, we, the audience, belong to her completely, irrevocably winning us through empathy and admiration
for such a feisty, plucky spirit. Showing Ike as a famous R&B star and suave ladykiller at the time he meets the young Tina, Ike wins her through a combination of persistence and flattery, appealing to her vanity and sense of loyalty ("I make them famous and then they run off," Ike tells her). But they team up and, as we know, and make musical history. Their codependency is of the direst sort - he *made* her and feels like he owns her, and she just wants to please him. But pleasing Ike is a tall order, and any success is only temporary. We are taken on a wild ride of spectacular performances in vivid color - both the great achievements of the duo, as well as their darkest hours, but as Ike slides into drugs and domination, the situation is as hopeless as most codependent situations are. We see Tina as she is, once again, beaten to a pulp...but perhaps for the last time. She runs away, and with a wrenching scene in which she appears in the lobby of the neighboring Ramada Inn, begging for shelter, we are begging with her, praying for some nameless act of charity to deliver her from evil. She makes a relatively clean getaway, winding up in the hands of Roger Davies, her manager (and a producer of this film), who engineered one of the greatest comebacks in history. Of course, Ike tries desperately and unsuccessfully to woo her back, telling her how he *made* her, but then becomes ridiculous, uttering to her in 1980, "You ain't no Donna Summers." But we know what the outcome of that is - Tina's personal success and lifetime appointment as posterchild for Survivors Anonymous is legendary. Angela Bassett is one of the finest actresses alive, but has yet to produce anything rivaling this performance. She is backed up by a number of extremely strong performances, especially that of Vanessa Bell, in a stand-up performance as her friend Jackie, who not only proves to Tina that she can escape from Ike, but also shows her a way to inner-peace through Buddhism. During the closing credits, we see the real-life Tina perform the title song, but it is a gratuitous, and even negligent performance, that undermines the audience's belief in Basset as Tina. The crime is that this film did not receive Academy attention - for art direction and costuming alone, it is the exquisite evocation of an extremely lively era and lifestyle - as an almost perfect production, it meshes together the cinematography, script, acting and music into a dazzling and sometimes horrifying, but always riveting tour de force.
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Summary: Faithful Biopic
Review: The life of Tina Turner on the big screen is the story behind this reasonably enthralling biopic. It's kind of a story of a woman getting out on top against all odds. The audience is treated to Tina's modest upbringing, the start of her musical career and her horrific marriage to Ike Turner. If you're expecting this to be a little overdramatic then you'd be right because some parts of this can seem over-the-top. Despite this though, you will find yourself engrossed in this true life story. Undoubtedly the best points about this movie are the performances. Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne as Tina and Ike are just outstanding. Whilst Fishburne manages to really get across just how terribly resilient and ongoing Ike was, Bassett brings a likeable sense of vulnerability and, in the end, strength in her role. In particular, when we see her perform all those famous Tina numbers, she gets the movement down to a tee, so much to the extent that when the real Tina comes on stage, there's little difference. Although the formula itself may be a little familiar to anyone who watches TV movies, this is a cut above the usual domestic abuse dramas.
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Summary: Angela did an incredible job of portraying TT-Oscar Material
Review: The movie was excellent as far as trying to cover Tina's life. Although the book goes into greater, more true to life information on Tina's life. But I guess you can't go that far in a Disney movie. Angela Basset was incredible as Tina and I think she got cheated out of that oscar!!! Lawrence Fishburn was way too handsome for Ike but he did a terrific job too.
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Summary: IT'S VERY GOOD
Review: Their story is so good and Angela Bassett played well in it. Tina Turners story was quite sad but it made me feel happy that she would forget about ti and be happy when shes on stage. A great film.
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Summary: WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?
Review: This 1993 film tells the story of how a young girl from Nutbush, Tennessee named Anna Mae Bullock becomes one of the world's most successful rock superstars, Tina Turner!
Angela Bassett is sooooooooo convencing and does the real thing proud as Tina Turner and Laurence Fishburne is just as convencing as Ike Turner, who discovers Tina, brings her to with his band and later becomes her abusive husband. Tina is forced to deal with one dramatic situation after another during her marraige to Ike. The story line for this film is according to Tina's late 80's autobiography, "I Tina". It is indeed sad throughout most of the movie. But what made the movie were the musical sequences and they were excellent!
Tina Turner paid a high price her for success and not only, is she a true survivor of the music industry. But she is also a true legend! You'll love "What's Love Got To Do With It?". Espcially if you're a Tina Turner fan!
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Summary: VERY POWERFUL!
Review: This FIlm Pulls No Punches on the Ups&Downs Of Ike&TIna Turner.THe Music,Love,Maddness,Frustration&Choices made.Angella Bassett&Laurence Fishborne have so Much Chemistry on Screen that you think they have Been Married for over 25 years.it's Unbelievable how well they are Together.Arguable the Best Couple On Screen Together that isn't even Together.One Day Ike Will Have His Story.But TIna is a True Warrior&Beautiful Human Being&Still SEXY.this Film isn't for the Faint of Heart.it's Very Deep.Very Well DOne.
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