“Florence Foster Jenkins” is an inspirational story of a woman who dealt with hardship — her dreams stolen by disease. But she never let that keep her from things that she loved.As an Heiress, Florence Foster Jenkins’ father leaves her his fortune and she invests it into the music scene of New York, financing shows and operas.Florence was diagnosed with Syphilis at the age of 20 and was given a short amount of time to live, but miraculously she survived another 50 years. She pours her heart and soul into her passion for music, but her dream of being a concert pianist was taken from her when the nerves on her left side are damaged from the illness.Florence remains undeterred and finds a new dream in becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice. Her husband, St. Clair Bayfield, is a failed actor who puts everything he has into supporting Florence and works tirelessly to make sure that she has a great show.Meryl Streep loses herself in the role of Florence Foster Jenkins. Her performance is fantastic as an eccentric older woman. Her “eccentric grandmother” role is played out well and adds to the film immensely. Her performance really builds the character and brings emotions to the forefront of each scene. There aren’t any weak scenes in the film, each of them builds the characters or progresses the story.Hugh Grant plays St. Clair Bayfield, who is Florence’s husband and Simon Helberg of the “The Big Bang Theory,” plays […]
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