Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 37 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
[Frears] elicits a remarkably tender and mature performance from Hugh Grant as St. Clair Bayfield, the two-bit Shakespearean actor who became Jenkins's longtime companion and musical enabler.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
12 Aug 2016
fresh:
Enjoyable summer entertainment for grown-ups and anyone else seeking refuge from superheroes.
– Peter Howell,
Toronto Star,
12 Aug 2016
fresh:
Streep is right there, solidly invested in the folly of Florence's dreams. When she declares that "music has been, and is, my life," you believe her.
– Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
15 Aug 2016
fresh:
A comic lark that packs a satisfying emotional wallop and continues the balls-to-the-wall career victory lap Meryl Streep has been on since turning 60 years old seven years ago ...
– Oliver Jones,
New York Observer,
17 Aug 2016
rotten:
Streep, of course, fills her character with emotion, humanity and need, but director Stephen Frears and writer Nicholas Martin haven't decided whether their movie is slapstick or tragedy.