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Just perfect...

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Meryl Streep is great in this movie. I'm always amazed at how she can become ANY character and has such top notch performances in every movie that I've ever seen her in. Even if the movie sucks, she is great. Luckily that isn't the case here. This movie does not suck. Indeed, it's quite a good movie.As for the other actors, Hugh Grant is surprisingly likable and fits well into his role, while Simon Helberg (who I find to be one of the funniest actors on The Big Bang Theory) has a passable one-note performance.The plot doesn't quite go the way you expect, in a good way. I was expecting the main "gag" to get increasing creditworthy and unfunny as the movie went on, but no, of course that would never happen with Meryl Streep. The movie hits some emotional notes along the way and all in all is a satisfying watch with a lot of heart.

This movie is not worth seeing. There is no story worth telling. You expect some twist by the end but nothing really happens. It's good to see the acting of Simon Helberg out of the TV Show "The Big Bang Theory" but that's pretty much it. Nothing else to see. Skip it and do yourself a favor.

This maybe one of the worst movies I have ever watched. It was so bad I had to shut it off 3/4 of the way threw. First I am sorry if you wasted even a penny of your hard earned money on this abortion of a movie. Meryl Streep maybe the great actress ever was pure garbage in this train wreck. I feel bad for everyone involved with this movie. Avoid at all costs.

What's up with Stephen Frears? Every once in a while he delivers a really excellent little gem of a movie, like "The Grifters" or "The Queen." The rest of his time is spent concocting twee little trifles like "Mrs. Henderson Presents" or "Florence Foster Jenkins," movies based on subjects that can barely sustain their running time.Everything in "Florence Foster Jenkins," with the exception of Hugh Grant's performance, is pitched to clownish level. This applies to Meryl Streep's Oscar-nominated performance, which was really just Hollywood's way of thanking her for a blistering Golden Globes speech that year anyway. There may have been an interesting film to make of this society lady who was famous for being such a horrible singer. But Frears doggedly refuses to make anything more than a pedestrian, feel-good bit of fluff out of it. The worst victim of Frears' direction is poor Simon Helberg, who gives an unwatchably mannered performance as Florence's pianist.This film feels like it was made for the express purpose of being nominated for a Best Costume Design Oscar, which it dutifully was.Grade: C