Florence Foster Jenkins (Meryl Streep), the heroine of Stephen Frears’ new film, lives for music.
He directs Florence Foster Jenkins almost as if this is a 1940s screwball comedy.
Florence (who was a real-life figure) is both an object of comic ridicule and, ultimately, of immense pathos.
Even so, there is real poignancy here – a sense of Florence’s heroism in the face of all the mockers and scoffers.
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