I went to see this on Sunday, August 14th, 2016, in Napa, CA, at the Century Napa Valley & XD, for the 10:30 p.m. show in auditorium 10, 4th row from the front, 8ht column from the right. The price of admission was $11.50. And I bought a small bag of Buttered Popcorn for $0.00 ( free offer on my movie-watcher e-mail reward coupon ) and a medium Lemonade for $4.85 at the concessions counter.
Quickie Review: Before there was William Hung, there was Florence Foster Jenkins. Florence ( Meryl Streep ), a delusional syphilitic, only lives with a passion for opera music.
I was the only one in the auditorium to witness this eardrum-piercing, cringe-worthy performance. If you liked William Hung, you'll like Florence Foster Jenkins. "Is it live or is it Memorex?" No, it's definitely Florence!
But, seriously, it's a very entertaining movie about a real-life "singer" who took Carnegie Hall by storm and became its most famous ( infamous? ) singer.
If this movie doesn't get an Oscar for Best singing Performance, then #OscarsBeSoBiased. LOL
Here's a YouTube sample of Ms. Florence's singing "prowess":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8kiMCeudLg
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I found it hard to believe that, back then, the prescribed treatment of Syphilis was the use of Arsenic and Mercury.
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