The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940s, the government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial ballad, "Strange Fruit."
- Released: 2021-03-31
- Runtime: 131 minutes
- Genre: Drama, History, Music
- Stars: Andra Day, Trevante Rhodes, Garrett Hedlund, Leslie Jordan, Miss Lawrence, Adriane Lenox, Natasha Lyonne, Rob Morgan, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Evan Ross, Tyler James Williams, Tone Bell, Blake DeLong, Dana Gourrier, Melvin Gregg, Erik LaRay Harvey, Ray Shell, Dusan Dukic, Koumba Ball, Kate MacLellan, Kwasi Songui, Letitia Brookes, Warren 'Slim' Williams, Orville Thompson, Jeff Corbett, Damian Joseph Quinn, Robert Alan Beuth, Randy Davison, Kevin Hanchard, Jono Townsend, Morgan Moore, Arlen John Bonnar, Furly Mac, Andrew Zadel, Tristan D. Lalla, Alex Bisping, Don Anderson, Amanda Strawn, Charleine Charles, Sylvia Stewart, Daphné Archer, Anita Lee, Tony Chao, Linda Sauvé, Alain Goulem, Ramona Clyke, Laurent Beaudin, Alika Autran, Kim Feeney, Diana Carmen Ratycz, Richard Jutras, Jonathan Higgins, Marc Essertaize, Nealla Gordon, Len Blavatnik, Christopher Ricardo Price, Taryn Brown, Zuri Hawkins, Elizabeth Eveillard, Clauter Alexandre, Penande Estime, Elikya Tupula, Nefertari Zanyah Brewster-Griffith, Joe Cobden, Ronda Louis-Jeune, Maxime Paradis, Sarah Levesque, Donald Fullilove
- Director: Lee Daniels
Comments
- mineralessentials - 20 June 2024
Prafanity Overload
This movie had the right cast and all the pieces to make a powerful and persuasive film, but missed the mark in places that mattered most. The reviews posted spolight the good, bad, and unfortunate, so I'll shed light of a different color... I gave a low rating simply because the rediculous amount of prafanity and off color language. The script is saturated and there's no tip off to give time for less tolerant viewers to mute like there is with most sex or nude scenes for those who prefer to ffwd. The f-word is heard about 40 times; the s-word over 20; the n-word is used well more than 20 times; and so many other crude, and offensive content woven throughout. This was 'R' rated so we expect to be doused several times, but this was too much, to often. Words have influence and staying power and we're inundated with it more and more everyday, and everywhere we turn. It's unhealthy both psychologically and spiritually. If the writers are looking for shock value and emotional vent, I get it, but overexposure to anything, including profanity desensitizes and deadens the impact, rendering it useless at the end of the day. Hollywood, take a note - all things in moderation... not waterboarding. - jacekstruski - 3 December 2022
Another one
I don't care what color you are. I don't care what gender you are. I don't care how poor or rich you are. I don't care how talented you are. I don't care how smart you are. I don't care what other people did or are doing. If you take drugs ... you're nothing more than a junkie. An like it or not, this is just another junkie story. And yes, America was and mostly still is a very f.u.c.k.e.d.up country but unless you have your s.h.i.t together you're in no position to preach, teach or even point out any of that.
So yeah. Movie in itself wasn't bad but glorification of junkie culture dragged it to the very bottom of the barrel.
