Get On Up (2014)

Name: Get On Up
Director: Tate Taylor
Genre: Drama, Music, History
Released: 2014
Duration: 139 min

"The Funk Don't Quit"

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👍 71%Google users liked it ⓘ

Critics Score

🎬 76% (RT: 80%, MC: 71)

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Director

Tate Taylor

Runtime

2h 19m

Country

United States of America

Language

English

TMDB Rating

6.8/10 (559 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes

80%

Metacritic

Cast

Chadwick Boseman as James Brown · 75% avg

Nelsan Ellis as Bobby Byrd · 73% avg

Dan Aykroyd as Ben Bart · 74% avg

Viola Davis as Susie Brown · 71% avg

Lennie James as Joe Brown · 72% avg

Fred Melamed as Syd Nathan · 68% avg

Jill Scott as DeeDee Brown

Octavia Spencer as Aunt Honey · 70% avg

Is Get On Up good?

Most people think so. 71% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 76%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre

#2259 / 3335 · Drama

Rank in its year

#168 / 295 · 2014

Rank among its director's films

#2 / 5 · Tate Taylor

On ThumbScore's lists

25 Best Free Full-Length Music Movies on YouTube (#8) · The Best Music Movies on Starz (#11) · The Best Historical Movies on Starz (#17)

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

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

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