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  • 2022
  • PG
  • Amazon Prime Video
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2022
  • PG
  • Amazon Prime Video
  • 1 h 43 m

Summary Lucy and Desi explores the unlikely partnership and enduring legacy of one of the most prolific power couples in entertainment history. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz risked everything to be together. Their love for each other led to the most influential show in the history of television, I Love Lucy. Desi – an immigrant from Cuba who lost ...

Directed By: Amy Poehler

Written By: Mark Monroe

  • 2022
  • PG
  • Amazon Prime Video
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2022
  • PG
  • Amazon Prime Video
  • 1 h 43 m

Lucy and Desi

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 27 Critic Reviews
73
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
6.3
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Summary Lucy and Desi explores the unlikely partnership and enduring legacy of one of the most prolific power couples in entertainment history. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz risked everything to be together. Their love for each other led to the most influential show in the history of television, I Love Lucy. Desi – an immigrant from Cuba who lost ...

Directed By: Amy Poehler

Written By: Mark Monroe

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 27 Critic Reviews
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81% Positive
22 Reviews
19% Mixed
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 27 Critic Reviews
73
81% Positive
22 Reviews
19% Mixed
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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100
Mar 1, 2022
The film documents how Lucy used her clout to get her husband cast as her co-star. It was a way for them to see each other. The rest is history, but a really interesting history.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW
88
Feb 25, 2022
You’ve seen ‘Being the Ricardos,” but you’ll never understand the successful partnership and failed marriage of sitcom icons Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz until you see Amy Poehler’s emotional roadmap of a documentary. Between the laughs, you’ll blink back tears.
By Peter Travers FULL REVIEW
80
Jan 28, 2022
What makes "Lucy and Desi" so compelling is that we can feel, all the way through, that Poehler enjoys telling their story just as much as we enjoy watching it.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 12, 2022
Lucy and Desi isn’t breaking the mold in terms of biographical documentaries, but when put together in this package, the story of Ball and Arnaz has an impressive weight beyond just a collection of compelling anecdotes.
By Ross Bonaime FULL REVIEW
75
Jan 28, 2022
Smart and affecting ... It’s not flashy. It’s not often revelatory for any super fans, or even anyone who watched "Being the Ricardos" ... "Lucy and Desi," however, is still meaty as a standalone work, and an essential, authentic salute to these trailblazers.
By Robert Daniels FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 5, 2022
Poehler, herself a gifted comedian, doesn’t include her own voice in the film, though we still get a sense of her feminist perspective.
By Simran Hans FULL REVIEW
40
Mar 2, 2022
For all the amazement at Ball’s tireless hustle and explosive originality, there’s a terminal lack of both in this monument to her memory.
By Charles Bramesco FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
6.3
70% Positive
7 Ratings
10% Mixed
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20% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
6.3
70% Positive
7 Ratings
10% Mixed
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20% Negative
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Production Company Amazon Studios, Imagine Entertainment, White Horse Pictures, Paper Kite Productions, Diamond Docs, Imagine Documentaries
Release Date Mar 4, 2022
Duration 1 h 43 m
Rating PG
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Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards
• 2 Wins & 6 Nominations
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
• 3 Nominations
Hollywood Critics Association Television Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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