Being The Ricardos. Sorkin does a Lucille Ball biopic in the style of that terrible fucking Steve Jobs movie. Bizarre casting on this thing. Kidman cast as Lucille Ball because she has red hair. Yes, she is10 years too old and no, she hasnever shown a lick of comedic ability BUT she does have red hair. You can't get away from that. To compensate for Ball being 10 years to old they cast Bardem as Ricky because he's 10 years too old too. They then cast an age appropriate Ethel which makes some other dynamics feel off.
Anyway, very much in the style of the jobs movie. Everything feels like little vignettes with a truly odd framing device of a documentary being filmed about Lucy which makes the whole thing feel like a documentary rather than a film. Very uncinematic.
Still... I grew up with the I Love Lucy show. I don't believe I've ever seen Ball not playing a character and so have no idea what she was like. I hope she and Desi were like this. Not the worst couple to spend a couple hours with.
Anyway, very much in the style of the jobs movie. Everything feels like little vignettes with a truly odd framing device of a documentary being filmed about Lucy which makes the whole thing feel like a documentary rather than a film. Very uncinematic.
Still... I grew up with the I Love Lucy show. I don't believe I've ever seen Ball not playing a character and so have no idea what she was like. I hope she and Desi were like this. Not the worst couple to spend a couple hours with.
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