LUCY AND DESI – Review by Martha K Baker
Aaron Sorkin’s feature film, “Being the Ricardos,” studies a tumultuous week in the production of “I Love Lucy” with trips
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MOVIE OF THE WEEK March 4, 2022: LUCY AND DESI
If watching Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem in Being the Ricardos left you craving even more details about the lives of one of Hollywood’s most famous TV power couples, director Amy Poehler has you covered. Her documentary Lucy and Desi is simultaneously informative and intimate, telling the fascinating story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz’s lifelong love for each other and how it was both fueled and frustrated by their shared passion for showbiz.
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LUCY AND DESI – Review by Loren King
If Being the Ricardos, despite Nicole Kidman’s and Javier Bardem’s Oscar nominated performances, didn’t convey the seismic impact of the personal and professional partnership of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz on the entertainment world, then and now, the corrective is the documentary Lucy and Desi. Amy Poehler directed this treasure of rare, candid photographs and film clips including home movies that traces their careers, marriage and creation of the groundbreaking TV comedy I Love Lucy. Poehler lets the story unfold largely in their own words, through film footage and audio recordings.
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LUCY AND DESI – Review by Susan Wloszczyna
As a card-carrying Baby Boomer, I watched the ground-breaking sitcom I Love Lucy as well as the reruns that continue to be recycled throughout the TV universe to this day. Why? Because the multi-talented Lucille Ball was one of my female idols growing up. The reason? Unlike the moms on such family comedies as The Donna Reed Show, Leave It to Beaver or, heaven forbid, Father Knows Best, they were domestic goddesses who wore pearls and frilly aprons while happily caring for their broadcast clans. However, on-air, Lucy wasn’t so keen on being a housewife. But Lucy desperately wanted to be an entertainer like her musical husband Ricky.
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LUCY AND DESI (Sundance FF 2022) – Review by Leslie Combemale
Director Amy Poehler;s documentary Lucy and Desi can arguably be called the definitive work on these sitcom trailblazers and first popular interracial couple in Hollywood. Fans of the gorgeous redheaded powerhouse called ‘The Queen of the Bs’, and the man who was both a brilliant producer and a magnetic performer who popularized the rhumba in the US, will learn lots of new information from the subjects themselves and love every minute of it.
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BEING THE RICARDOS – Review by Susan Granger
During the stressful week that this behind-the-scenes story takes place, Lucille Ball (Kidman) and Desi Arnaz (Javier Bardem) are threatened by shocking personal revelations, a political smear, and CBS’s concern over cultural taboos as they’re preparing a pivotal installment of I Love Lucy.
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BEING THE RICARDOS – Review by T.J. Callahan
LoooCeee, you have some splainin to do about what really went on backstage at the I Love Lucy Show in Being the Ricardos. Writer/director, Aaron Sorkin makes sure we can handle the truth about the beloved comedienne and her tumultuous relationship with her Cuban band leader husband.
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BEING THE RICARDOS – Review by Martha K Baker
Being the Ricardos proves especially hard to watch for any one of 60 million viewers who saved Monday evenings for I Love Lucy. We know what those actors looked like in those roles; we know the plots. Heck, even folks who have watched the iconic television situation comedy in re-runs know. Unfortunately, this look behind the scenes in 1960 is terribly uneven.
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