Get On Up (2014) Reviews & Ratings

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Get On Up reviews

Get On Up holds a 6.8/10 average from 587 TMDB ratings.

Chadwick Boseman is terrific, but <em>'Get on Up'</em> is missing something that would make it a great biopic. I still very much enjoyed it, I always tend to find biographical films interesting - especially when I don't know too much about the person(s) in question, as is the case with James Brown here; I've always known of him and his major songs, but that's about it. Boseman leads strongly, carrying the film reall…
— r96sk (7/10)

A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

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