Talk to Me R
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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 59 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 30, 2007
- Originally Released: 2007
- Label: Focus Features
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Taraji P. Henson, Cedric the Entertainer & Mike Epps | |
Performer: | Martin Sheen, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Richard Chevolleau & Peter MacNeill | |
Directed by | Kasi Lemmons | |
Edited by | Terilyn A. Shropshire | |
Screenwriting by | Michael Genet & Rick Famuyiwa | |
Composition by | Terence Blanchard | |
Story by | Michael Genet | |
Produced by | Mark Gordon, Sidney Kimmel, Joe Fries & Josh McLaughlin | |
Director of Photography: | Stéphane Fontaine |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2.5/5 --
Talk to Me is an incisive portrait of a provocative figure. It comes very close to caricature, but remains human and lively.
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Fayetteville Free Weekly
[A] funny, earnest, affectionate new film....As portrayed by Mr. Cheadle, Petey Greene is a person of quick wit and tender heart, an irrepressible hustler whose fundamental integrity is never in doubt.
New York Times
[R]esonant about race and power issues in a way that pitifully few movies are nowadays....It has something significant to say.
Sight and Sound
Just as she did in Hustle and Flow, Taraji P. Henson steals many a scene and is wonderful as Greene's flamboyant girlfriend.
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Paste Magazine
4 stars out of 5 -- [A]n emotionally grounded and aspirational tale....Director Kasi Lemmons brings the period back to life...
Ultimate DVD
Rating: 3/4 --
Although the director succumbs to the genreâ(TM)s temptation to wrap up a messy life with a neat, platitudinous resolution, she lets her cast give Greene and his era its due.
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Boston Phoenix
Rating: 2/5 --
A stronger screenplay and more sensitive direction would have made this movie into something far more genuinely uplifting than it is.
London Evening Standard
Product Description:
TALK TO ME's Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene isn't quite the household name that some of his contemporaries (such as Richard Pryor or Redd Foxx) are, but this smart drama about the Washington, DC, disc jockey is a fascinating film. At the film's opening in the mid-1960s, Greene (Don Cheadle, HOTEL RWANDA) hosts a beloved radio show--at the prison where he makes his home. While visiting his incarcerated brother, Dewey Hughes (Chiwetel Ejiofor, INSIDE MAN) hears Greene's brash humor and honesty, but he brushes off Greene's attempts at a job at the radio station where Hughes works. But Greene is soon released from prison, and he won't forget his dreams of hosting his own radio show. He hounds the staff of a Washington R&B station, including Hughes and the station manager (Martin Sheen, THE WEST WING). When he finally gets a job, his show resonates with the people of the city and the changing times of the civil rights movement.
TALK TO ME could be just another biopic or racial drama, but thanks to its fine cast, it rises above the standard fare. Cheadle is engaging as the electric Petey Greene, equally adept at portraying both Greene's pathos and his humor. While Ejiofor has excelled in smaller roles in INSIDE MAN and CHILDREN OF MEN, this drama could represent a chance for him to move into leading-man territory. Henson was wonderful as the meek Shug in HUSTLE & FLOW, but she ably transforms into the vivacious Vernell here. Director Kasi Lemmons (EVE'S BAYOU) lets the performances drive the film, but they're supported by a strong script and period details that make the film worth watching.
TALK TO ME could be just another biopic or racial drama, but thanks to its fine cast, it rises above the standard fare. Cheadle is engaging as the electric Petey Greene, equally adept at portraying both Greene's pathos and his humor. While Ejiofor has excelled in smaller roles in INSIDE MAN and CHILDREN OF MEN, this drama could represent a chance for him to move into leading-man territory. Henson was wonderful as the meek Shug in HUSTLE & FLOW, but she ably transforms into the vivacious Vernell here. Director Kasi Lemmons (EVE'S BAYOU) lets the performances drive the film, but they're supported by a strong script and period details that make the film worth watching.
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