Jean, This is a strange movie. The first half is humorous, sometimes hilarious and the second half is poignant and sad. It is the story of a true life society lady in New York City in the 1940's who thinks erroneously she had a concert soprano voice. Merle Streep plays the title character and is excellent in the role. Her husband is played by Hugh Grant as something of a cad and hits the right note in every scene. The actor who nearly steals the movie is her piano accompanist, played by Simon Helberg of The Big Bang Theory . His controlled reaction when he hears for the first the singer for whom he just signed on to accompany, is side-splitting. Such a double take has to be seen. I came away from the movie disappointed, with all that talent and yet such a confusing result. Dad
P.S. The previews were:
Rules Don't Apply
The Founder
Southside With You
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