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    PG-132014 · Biography · 2h 18m

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  1. Aug 1, 2014 · With an unforgettable Chadwick Boseman in the starring role, Get On Up offers the Godfather of Soul a fittingly dynamic homage. Read Critics Reviews

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  3. Aug 1, 2014 · Like most biopics, “Get on Up” plays like a greatest hits album of its subject’s successes and failures. A life as rich and complicated as Brown’s would require an HBO series. Here was a man who wrote civil rights anthems and suffered through a Jim Crow South, yet who considered former segregationist Strom Thurmond a grandfather figure.

  4. Get on Up is a thoroughly entertaining drama with Boseman shining at its center. Full Review | Oct 22, 2021. Alex Behan Stuff.co.nz. As a biography, it glosses over a lot, but goes to the...

  5. Aug 1, 2014 · Get on Up: Directed by Tate Taylor. With Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis, Dan Aykroyd, Viola Davis. A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

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    • Biography, Drama, Music
    • Tate Taylor
    • 2014-08-01
  6. Jul 28, 2014 · Film Review: ‘Get On Up’. Chadwick Boseman triumphs as James Brown in Tate Taylor's sturdy but sanitized take on the Godfather of Soul. By Scott Foundas. Is it possible for a single movie to...

  7. Get On Up was released on August 1, 2014 in the United States and received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise directed at the performances of the cast (particularly those of Boseman and Ellis), and grossed $33 million worldwide at the box office.

  8. Jul 31, 2014 · The Times critic Stephen Holden reviews “Get On Up.” D Stevens/Universal Pictures. “Get On Up,” directed by Tate Taylor (“The Help”), thrillingly captures the frenzy of Brown’s music, and...

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