As Tina Turner, Angela Bassett gives a powerhouse well-deserved Oscar-nominated performance, but the biopic has more than its fair share of showbiz cliches.
What's Love Got to Do With It? (1993)
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Reviews Counted: 28
Fresh: 26
Rotten:2
Average Rating: 7.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: 17-year old Anna Mae leaves the backwoods of Tennessee for St. Louis to be reunited with her stern mother and elder sister, Alline. One evening, Alline brings Anna Mae to the night club where a group led by singer-hearthrob Ike Turner plays.... 17-year old Anna Mae leaves the backwoods of Tennessee for St. Louis to be reunited with her stern mother and elder sister, Alline. One evening, Alline brings Anna Mae to the night club where a group led by singer-hearthrob Ike Turner plays. Ike makes a nightly ritual of passing the microphone around the dance hall and on one visit to the club Anna Mae grabs it and belts out a song. Soon Anna's whole life is in Ike's hands: he's changed her name to Tina and taken total control of her singing career. Though he's paternalistic and artistically demanding, she's fascinated by his forceful masculinity, stylistic charisma and creative vision. But not long after their quickie Mexican marriage, things turn sour. Ike viciously abuses Tina, who, eventually struggles to free herself of his psychotic reign of terror. [More]
Starring: Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne, Chi McBride, Cora Lee Day
Starring: Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne, Chi McBride, Cora Lee Day, Jenifer Lewis, Khandi Alexander, Pamala Tyson, Penny Johnson, Phyllis Yvonne Stickney, Sherman Augustus, Vanessa Bell Calloway
Director: Brian Gibson
Director: Brian Gibson
Screenwriter: Kate Lanier
Producer: Doug Chapin, Barry Krost
Composer: Stanley Clarke
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Reviews for What's Love Got to Do With It?
This biography of rock diva Tina Turner's turbulent life is filled with energetic musical numbers and emotionally charged moments, all anchored by two outstanding lead performances.
Could have been a made for tv movie but elevated by the work of Bassett and Fishburne.
A revealing musical melodrama that shakes as radically as soulful Tina Turner's sweet hips. Both Bassett and Fishburne deliver energetic, Oscar-worthy performances!
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