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The documentary depicts the life of the late jazz musician and classical pianist Nina Simone including her rise to fame and relationship with her manager Clifton Henderson, who helps her rediscover her love for music.

Genre:

Musical, Drama, Biography

Actors:

Zoe Saldana, David Oyelowo, Kevin Mambo, Ronald Guttman, Chuma Gault, Allison Sarofim, Mike Epps, Keith David, Ella Joyce, Stevens Gaston, Fred Cassidy, ...»

Director:

Cynthia Mort

Country:

United Kingdom

Release:

2016

IMDb:

5.4

Quality:

Duration:

90 min

Chicago Sun-Times

Saldana does a fine job of delivering the lyrics -- a daunting task for any actress required to step into those vocals, but fans of Simone will be aching for the real deal.

April 22, 2016

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Blu-ray.com

A 90-minute-long character assassination, transforming a music legend into a Hanna-Barbera cartoon.

April 27, 2016

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Washington City Paper

If this is a greatest hits album, Nina picks the least-accessible songs and then puts them all in the wrong order.

May 20, 2016

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New Yorker

Respectfully factual in its over-all contours but sensational and sentimental nonetheless, the movie reduces Simone's life to clichés about hope; it replaces the creative drive with the commercial one, the artist with the celebrity.

April 25, 2016

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Nerdist

All in all, Nina is watchable in and of itself, but I can't recommend your paying full price for it, especially if you're a Nina Simone devotee.

April 28, 2016

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Rolling Stone

The word on this Nina Simone biopic has been so toxic for so long - it was filmed in 2012 but only released now - I was really hoping to find something good in it. No luck.

April 22, 2016

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BlackFilm.com

While Saldana gives her very best in trying to embody the essence of Miss Simone with equal support from co-star David Oyelowo, both are confined to a weak script and for Saldana, probably the worst makeup job she's had on the big screen.

April 29, 2016

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TIME Magazine

A Nina Simone novice seeing this picture would have no idea who this complex, magnificent artist was, or why she mattered.

April 22, 2016

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Associated Press

Why Mort, who wrote and directed the film, has chosen to focus on Simone's troubled 1990s period in France is anyone's guess.

April 22, 2016

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CinemaBlend.com

Zoe Saldana's woeful casting is just one of a myriad of reasons to despise Nina, as its plot and characterization fail to glean any insight into the iconic musician and Civil Rights activist.

April 22, 2016

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The Playlist

An insult to the legacy of the High Priestess of Soul, those looking for a richer exploration of the woman, artist, activist and legend, are best served elsewhere.

May 18, 2016

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Los Angeles Times

Never seems authentic or real, just a bizarrely staged re-creation.

May 05, 2016

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