Not only does she get the tone of Ball right, Kidman also captures the comedy star's forthright energy, an essential fearlessness and truthfulness about herself that Sorkin also evidently admires.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 15, 2022

Kidman is a first-rate, Oscar-winning actress; her Lucille Ball is a fully realized character... The problem is, Sorkin's Ball ends up being so unlikable you don't want to spend this much time with her.

| Dec 29, 2021

Most of "Being the Ricardos" lacks the magic it is trying to capture.

| Dec 22, 2021

Beneath the snappy dialogue, there's little spark or insight. Kidman simultaneously evokes Rosalind Russell and Marie Curie as Ball.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 21, 2021

With Sorkin the writer also serving as director, Being the Ricardos was doomed from the start.

| Dec 21, 2021

While it's meant to be about these iconic figures in television history, the real icon who comes through most of all is Aaron Sorkin.

| Dec 21, 2021

Certainly worth seeing... It's more performance than mimicry, but it's pretty staid in direction.

| Dec 21, 2021

No wonder actors love Sorkin: the man writes dialogue worthy of the classic screwball comedies of the 1930s. There's no higher praise.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Dec 20, 2021

Kidman's casting might not be the move that some anticipated, but it is the move that Ball's legacy deserves. The trouble is that the film Kidman signed on for is not quite there.

| Dec 20, 2021

There's enough grounding and commitment in the performances of Kidman, Bardem, and the rest of the cast to keep things interesting, especially if you don't know or care too much about the actual facts involving Lucy and Desi's lives and careers.

| Dec 20, 2021

An uneven love letter to Lucy, but fans of 온라인카지노추천 history will find it rewarding.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 17, 2021

Like the title characters and the performances that go with them, "Being the Ricardos" has real zip. It's a virtue of Sorkin's tendency to glibness.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 17, 2021

I'm not a fan of show-business biopics, on the whole. Being the Ricardosis a rare exception because of two key participants: Nicole Kidman and writer-director Aaron Sorkin.

| Dec 17, 2021

It's fun -- particularly to see such accomplished actors embodying the roles. But it feels shallow and showy.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 17, 2021

Kidman's interpretation of Ball is as ingenious as it is emotionally nuanced. Sorkin's most balanced writing/directing effort ever.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Dec 15, 2021

A sparky, spiky, bittersweet [film] that's at once big in scale, small in focus and steeped in the rhythms of Sorkin's best work.

| Dec 14, 2021

Fans of Sorkin's own dense, rhythmic screwball dialogue will enjoy watching Alia Shawkat and Jake Lacy trade zingers in the writers' room.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 11, 2021

At a certain point, however, you really wish the film would stop 'splaining its creator's viewpoints and start actually being about its subjects.

| Dec 11, 2021

It's not brilliant, but it's fine, and the performance from Kidman is odd but appropriate...

| Dec 11, 2021

In typical Aaron Sorkin style, the whip-smart drama packs years of turmoil into one compelling week.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 11, 2021