A good movie

Since I have always been a fan of James Brown, I was quite eager to check this flick. As a matter of fact, one of the very first CD's I bought as a kid was a James Brown CD (to be honest, I don't have it anymore and, nowadays, I don't have anything from this artist which is quite a shame). Anyway, coming back to our main feature, it turned out to be a decent biopic, no more and no less than that. Indeed, after Jackie Robinson, Chadwick Boseman played here another African-American icon, he delivered another really strong performance and only for him, it is worth checking the damned thing. Concerning the rest of the movie, I obviously loved the soundtrack but everything else, especially the directing, was borderline underwhelming or, at best, pretty generic. For example, one thing that seriously bothered me was the scrambled chronology. Seriously, what was the added value? In my opinion, the director was so scared that the whole thing would like any other average biopic (which it still did), that he messed up the chronology to make it look more sophisticated than it actually was. Eventually, I wonder what would have been the end-result if they would have chosen a more straightforward approach and get ridden off a couple of useless scenes. Coming back to the man himself, I did learn a few interesting things about him but, to be honest, this movie never left me flabbergasted. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, above thanks to a very strong Chadwick Boseman, it is still worth a look, especially if you are interested in James Brown.

7/10