View this film about Billie Holiday as a completely fictional story, and you'll enjoy it far more than you would otherwise.
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10/03/06
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
75 %
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Reviews Counted: 12
Fresh: 9
Rotten:3
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 24 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Diana Ross made her film debut opposite Billy Dee Williams in this romantic biopic. LADY SINGS THE BLUES captures the essence of Billie Holliday in this semi-biographic sketch of the tragic life of... [More]
Starring: Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, James Callahan
Director: Sidney J. Furie
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Reviews for Lady Sings the Blues
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06/24/06
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05/03/06
Ross so perfectly captures the essence of Billie Holiday’s vocal style that it sends chills down your spine.
01/25/06
Ross conveys the vulnerability and determination of her character across a very believable arc of maturation.
01/24/06
Top CriticBerry Gordy's gift to Diana Ross was this lavish, bloated Billie Holiday biopic.
10/28/05
Ross and director Sidney J. Furie seem to feel that the slower the song, the more serious the mood, so at times the film seems to be grinding almost to a halt
10/07/05
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06/29/05
How is it possible for a movie that is otherwise so dreadful to contain such a singularly attractive performance in the title role?
05/09/05
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03/18/05
Great score, great singing, but overdramatic thanks to Ross.
11/01/04
The movie is filled with many of the great Billie Holiday songs, and Ross handles them in an interesting way. She doesn't sing in her own style, and she never tries to imitate Holiday, but she sings somehow in the manner of Holiday.
10/23/04
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05/24/03
Clearly, it's an affront to Holiday's art, but just as clearly, it's a good piece of low entertainment.
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