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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780788816376
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 6305428409
Label: Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 24, 1999
Running Time: 118 minutes
Sales Rank: 2217
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: June 09, 1993
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Experience for yourself the powerful true-life story of Tina Turner -- rock 'n' roll's remarkable and talented superstar. Laurence Fishburne (THE MATRIX) and Angela Bassett (HOW STELLA GOT HER GROVE BACK) deliver winning performances as Ike and Tina Turner -- whose turbulent relationship eventually forces Tina to leave and face the fear, pay the price, and find the courage to believe in herself. Don't miss WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT -- the amazing and uplifting story of one of the world's most exciting, high-energy entertainers!
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Tina Turner, that dynamic diva of pop/soul/R&B from the '60s to the '90s, sings like a woman whose life story is every bit as rough and tough as her voice. And What's Love Got to Do With It, based on her autobiographical account (in I, Tina, written with Kurt Loder) of her years under the iron fist of her abusive husband and musical partner/Svengali Ike, is further proof of what we've always known about Tina: She's what you call a survivor. The movie is sort of the Disney version of Tina Turner's story--a glossy but thoroughly enjoyable, old-fashioned showbiz biopic with laughs, tears, great music, and outrageous (but faithful) period decor, costumes, makeup, and hairstyles. Our Heroine triumphs not only over the rigorous demands of her career in the music business, but finally manages to bust out of her troubled, violent marriage as well and become her own person. This is a movie that'll have you shouting at the top of your lungs: 'You go, girl!' --Jim Emerson
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Rating:  - Angela Basset's arms are dyn-o-mite!
What's Love Got To Do With It? is the biopic of singer Tina Turner. Angela Basset received an Oscar nomination for her fearless performance, she is a powerhouse! Laurence Fishburne is at his creepiest playing Ike Turner, Tina's manager and abusive husband. This film is a bit much at times but the performances cancel out the soapy plot. Check it out sometime!
Rating: - Feels a little like condensed soup...
There is a growing problem with biopics of this nature. They either feel overly stuffed (since these performers lives were really so rich with color) or they feel a little too airy since everything tends to get glossed over too quickly. With `What's Love Got to Do with It', the former is most definitely the case. Instead of feeling as if we really get to know Tina Turner we are left wondering who she really was. This isn't to say that the film is a failure, but it is to say that the film never really captures the life she led. We are left feeling as though we got a quick overall glimpse of her life but we are never really brought down into the trenches so-to-speak. There are so many facets of her life that are merely mentioned instead of fleshed out, so in the end `What's Love Got to Do with It' winds up feeling a little unfinished.
The film tells Anna Mae Bulluck's story; a young girl getting swept up in the musical movement of one Ike Turner, her powerful and raw vocals causing a nation to fall in love with her and a jealous husband to resent her. As a piece of mere entertainment the film works. It has glorious set pieces and nice musical numbers and it tells her story so that we can understand it. As an in-depth look at this woman though, it falls short. It feels as if it is just cutting from one event to another without really tying things in for us.
One minute Ike's two sons are dropped off on his doorstep and then next minute they are playing a concert. ... Read More
Rating:  - What's Love Got To Do With It? A lot, it turns out
This was a very dramatic movie, that was overall pretty good, but like Ike Turner, it got a little heavy handed at times. As a biography it ranks up there with Walk the Line, but perhaps a slight notch below Ray.
The opening scene with the young Anna Mae Bullock (Rae'ven Kelly) singing in the church choir was priceless. She showed great potential and promise and energy--as a rock and roller, not a holy roller! As the choir director escorted her to the door, pulling her by the ear, you just knew that she was going someplace. Someplace else.
Great performances by Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne, and all the supporting cast. Angela, who graduated from Yale with a B.A. in African-American studies in 1980 and Yale drama school with a Master of Fine Arts Degree in 1983, sure doesn't show it here, as she becomes a shy but talented teenager named Anna Mae Bullock from Nutbush, Tennessee. She received an Oscar nomination, but lost out to Holly Hunter for The Piano. As an aside, Fishburne turned down the role five times, when he thought that either Halle Berry or Whitney Houston were being cast, but upon hearing that Angela Bassett was going to do it, he finally accepted. As Ike and Tina Turner, they have some very dramatic and harrowing scenes, and they both deliver stellar performances.
Great music, and really spectacular concert scenes that captured the excitement of their performances. The title song was used especially well, as a comment on Ike and Tina's ... Read More
Rating:  - Tina Turner Rocks!
I enjoyed watching this film as it gave me the insight to one of my favorite legends. Due to what Tina has endured, it was impossible to watch it a second time. However, this will be in one of my all time favorites, as it had a happy ending! Isn't that why we all go to the movies?! Thank you.
Rating: - Go Tina, Go!!
This was an amazing movie. Angela Bassett really did her thing in this movie. It is a must see!!
Purchase it now!!!
Toya
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