What's Love Got To Do With It? (1993)
Average Rating: 7.5/10
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Fresh: 34 | Rotten: 1
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Average Rating: 8.2/10
Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 0
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What's Love Got to Do With It? is the filmed biography of R&B/pop singer Tina Turner (Angela Bassett), documenting her efforts to break away from her abusive husband Ike (Laurence Fishburne). After a few scenes detailing Tina's life as a young singer in Nutbush, TN, she's discovered by Ike Turner, an already established songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Ike takes Tina under his wing and makes her a star, but her fame makes him jealous and abusive, and she has to struggle to break free
Jun 9, 1993 Wide
Jun 4, 2002
Touchstone Pictures
Cast
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Angela Bassett
Tina Turner -
Laurence Fishburne
Ike Turner -
Vanessa Bell Calloway
Jackie -
Jenifer Lewis
Zelma Bullock -
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney
Alline Bullock -
Khandi Alexander
Darlene -
Pamela Tyson
Leanne -
Penny Johnson
Lorraine -
Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly
Young Anna Mae -
Chi
Fross -
Helen Brown
Old Woman #2 -
Owen Bush
Old Man -
Virginia Capers
Choir Mistress -
Michael Colyar
Apollo Announcer -
Gregory Russell Cook
The Revue -
Cora Lee Day
Grandma Georgiana -
John Fink
Anna's Lawyer -
David Fresco
Old Man #3 -
Sonia Hensley
Audience Female #2 -
Damon Hines
Ronnie Turner -
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Rosemary Jackson
5th Ikette -
Rob La Belle
Phil Spector -
Robert Lesser
Fairmount MC -
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Daniel McDonald
London Announcer -
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Michael Monks
Hotel Porter -
Kenny Moore
Piano Player -
Page Moseley
Ritz Announcer -
Herb Muller
Old Man #2 -
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James Ralston
Guitarist -
James Reyne
Roger Davies -
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Shavar Ross
Michael Turner -
Wynonna Smith
4th Ikette -
Sparkle
Old Woman #1 -
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Oren Waters
Choir Member -
Rudolph Willrich
Judge -
Jacqueline Woolsey
Boutique Clerk -
Daniel Allan Carlin
Conductor -
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Morris O'Connor
Kings of Rhythm -
Sherman Augustus
Reggie -
Mayah McCoy
Young Hairdresser -
Eartha Robinson
Woman in Audience -
Jennifer Leigh Warren
Woman in Audience -
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Patricia Sill
Spector's Assistant -
Natalie Wilson
Choir Member -
O'Neal Compton
Ramada Inn Manager -
Richard T. Jones
Ike Turner Jr. -
Suli McCullough
Craig Turner -
Lorna Scott
Nurse -
Barry Shabaka Henley
El Paso Doctor -
Gene "Groove" Allen
Club Announcer -
Terrence Riggins
Spider -
Kate Lanier
Stripper on Balcony -
Terrence Evans
Bus Driver -
Richard B. Livingston
Manager #3 -
Richard Stay
Party Goer #1 -
Walter Davis
The Revue -
Michael Smith
The Revue -
Michael Butler
The Revue -
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All Critics (35) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (34) | Rotten (1) | DVD (1)
A passionate personal and professional drama that hits both the high and low notes of an extraordinary career.
Top CriticAngela Bassett shakes her tail feather with aplomb and pins down the singer's gestures with amazing precision. Top honours, however, belong to Fishburne's swaggering, savage portrayal of Ike.
The brilliant, mercurial portrayal of Ike Turner by Laurence Fishburne is what elevates What's Love Got to Do With It beyond the realm of run-of-the-mill biography.
A melodrama of starry-eyed love and black-eyed beatings, exhausting road tours and the singer's even harder road to self-realization, the movie contains its emotional highs and lows in the hermetically sealed bio-pic format.
A handsome woman with the lanky appeal of Katharine Hepburn, Bassett brays and bruises with equal effectiveness.
It's a story of pain and courage, uncommonly honest and unflinching, and the next time I hear Tina Turner singing I will listen to the song in a whole new way.
Powerful bio of Tina Turner with domestic violence, drugs.
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.
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.
Depressing but also terrific. Bassett stuns.
Angela Bassett, despite bearing little physical resemblance to the singer, is very convincing in her role. Her partner Laurence Fishburne is even more impressive...
A revealing musical melodrama that shakes as radically as soulful Tina Turner's sweet hips. Both Bassett and Fishburne deliver energetic, Oscar-worthy performances!
Incendiary performances by Fishburne and Bassett.
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Foreign Titles
- What's Love Got To Do With It (DE)
- What's Love Got To Do With It (UK)
