Jennifer Hudson for the longest time has been undermined as an actress and above all Underrated as a recording artist (despite being one of the best and having won plethora of accolades, but this is about to change with her astonishing portrayal of the Queen of Soul. Hudson so naturally inhabits the character, it's feels like it's Aretha on screen and not Jennifer. Apart from the obvious, that is JHud's brilliance, the rest of the cast is absolute 🔥, especially Forest Whitaker as Aretha's controlling and contradictory preacher father CL Franklin and Marlon Waynes, as her abusive first husband Ted White. The costumes and production design are literally out of the park brillant. I would conclude, by saying you just can't miss this brillant film.

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