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Allison Rose is a Senior Correspondent and Critic for FlickDirect, bringing years of experience in film coverage and broadcast media. A Hofstra University communications graduate, she previously held an FCC broadcast license and now shares her movie expertise weekly on KRMS News/Talk 97.5 FM, with additional appearances on television and at industry events.
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The visuals help to set the scenes well and director Gina Prince-Bythewood has decent pacing. The beginning is somewhat slow, but it picks up by the second act.
Besides Miranda, the cast is made up of incredibly talented artists who took Miranda’s brilliant score and breathed life into it despite being some of the most challenging songs to perform live.
It’s obvious from how Foster and others speak about him that he is his harshest critic and doesn’t necessarily think of himself as all that successful.