Get on Up

2014

Action / Biography / Drama / Music

20
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 81% · 171 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 68% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 26084 26.1K

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Plot summary

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


Uploaded by: OTTO
December 20, 2014 at 03:22 PM

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Top cast

Allison Janney as Kathy
Viola Davis as Susie Brown
Dan Aykroyd as Ben Bart
Octavia Spencer as Aunt Honey
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932.41 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
PG-13
23.976 fps
2 hr 19 min
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2.06 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
PG-13
23.976 fps
2 hr 19 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by nogodnomasters 8 / 10

DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT?

Disclaimer: I live in the Augusta area. I know a band that James Brown "robbed" members from. I am also acquainted with one of his off spring and the town of Elko, SC where he was born. Basically none of them want anything to do with him. This film shows the "likeable" James Brown.

The production opens with a series of flashbacks and time warps and eventually settles on a chronological tale. It starts with Brown's miserable childhood, working for a brothel, his early arrest and being "discovered" by Little Richard from Macon. The film touches on his women beating, troubles with drugs, difficult boss, run-in with the law, and basically being a disagreeable person who knows exactly what he wants down to the iota details.

People who are close to James Brown agree that Chadwick Boseman nailed it, especially the on stage performance.

Parental Guidance: About 2 f-bombs (No one says FU to James Brown.) Brief sex. No nudity. Brown slaps a woman off screen.

PLOT SPOILERS/Other local stuff: In the film it shows James Brown slapping his wife for showing too much cleavage. She didn't stop showing cleavage and spent a lot of time at the cosmetic counter buying make-up to cover her bruises. When James Brown's mother got old, he moved her into a nursing home in South Carolina. He would go visit her after church every Sunday. He attended church in Elko and his childhood shack was located behind the church, although the Elko folks claim he wasn't born there as claimed on Wikipedia, but in nearby Snelling. His style of singing did not bode well in church and caused people to cringe as his voice echoed from the rear of the church.

Waitress's do not remember Mr. Brown fondly as he demanded perfection in his food and would sometimes take it upon himself to show the cook how to prepare a dish. Mr. Brown would frequently attend the ball games of his grandson. The locals knew who he was and respected his privacy at the games. He would sign autographs when asked, which was infrequent.

Reviewed by george.schmidt 7 / 10

Boseman gives it his all in spite of a somewhat bungled biopic

GET ON UP (2014) *** Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis, Dan Aykroyd, Viola Davis, Lennie James, Craig Robinson, Jill Scott, Octavia Spencer (Cameos: Alllison Janney & John Benjamin Hickey) Boseman gives it his all totally embodying The Godfather of Soul, James Brown in this otherwise routine and misdirected biopic from director Tate Taylor (who does a yeoman's job at best) and a half-baked screenplay by Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth & Steven Baigelman that pogos back in time in a relatively non-linear schism that falters largely in not showing the creative process of who Brown was but instead the man's demons and struggles in becoming The Hardest Working Man in Show Business, warts and all. Lip-synching to the late, great pioneer of r&b Boseman has the man's mannerisms, vocalizations and physiognomy down pact (until the negligible make-up in his later years) particularly in his greatest hits dancing like a slab of butter on a hot skillet and singing as if his very life depended on it. The stock cast is largely wasted except for Elwood Blues (I mean Aykroyd) as Brown's manager and father-figure-of-sorts; go figure. While we get glimpses of what the man was we by no means get the full picture of what truly made him a performer's performer which is a crying shame.

Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 7 / 10

Chadwick Boseman delivers a nice performance

The movie starts by jumping around James Brown (Chadwick Boseman)'s life. As a boy, his mother ran off and his father is abusive. He's also a handful. He gets imprisoned for stealing a suit. Bobby Byrd (Nelsan Ellis) meets him while performing a gospel in prison. Bobby helps him get out of prison. They become The Famous Flames after jumping up on stage while Little Richard is on break.

Much of the praise centers on Chadwick Boseman's performance. He does a nice performance in all aspects of the character. It's not exactly perfect mimicry. It's more about the spirit of the performance. There is a power about James Brown that isn't exactly at the same level. The plot is basic modern biopic structure. James Brown is simply a womanizing driven pre-destine persona that is build by the troubles in his life. I would have liked a more complex character with more imaginative originality. The best drama centers around the relationship between James Brown and Bobby Byrd. Of course, there is the great music. That is a given for a James Brown biopic.

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