FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS:
110 minutes
Friday, September 2 – 7 pm,
Saturday, September 3 – 4 & 8 pm,
Sunday, September 4 – 4 & 8 pm,
Wednesday, September 7 – 7 pm,
and Thursday, September 8 – 7 pm.
In 1940s New York, Florence Foster Jenkins (Meryl Streep), a New York heiress and socialite, obsessively pursued her dream of becoming a great singer. The voice she heard in her head was beautiful, but to everyone else it was hilariously awful. Her ‘husband’ and manager, St. Clair Bayfield (Hugh Grant), an aristocratic English actor, was determined to protect his beloved Florence from the truth. But when Florence decided to give a public concert at Carnegie Hall, St. Clair knew he faced his greatest challenge.
Insider’s tip: “This is a fine, funny and moving film tribute to the efforts and passions of its titular heroine, a woman who lived out her dreams, at any price (Jason Solomons, TheWrap). Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times adds: “Ms. Streep is a delight, hilarious when she’s singing and convincingly on edge at all times.” Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: “It’s not necessary to be a classical-music buff to be charmed by this thoroughly entertaining film that never hits a false note.”