Talk to Me

Name: Talk to Me
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War, Music
Released: July 13, 2007
Duration: 118 min
Rating: 69
Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Don Cheadle

2007

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Focus Features | Release Date: July 13, 2007 | R

Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Don Cheadle

Summary: In the mid-to-late 1960's, in Washington, D.C., vibrant soul music and exploding social consciousness were combining to unique and powerful effect. It was the place and time for Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene Jr. to fully express himself - sometimes to outrageous effect - and "tell it like it is." With the support of his irrepressible andIn the mid-to-late 1960's, in Washington, D.C., vibrant soul music and exploding social consciousness were combining to unique and powerful effect. It was the place and time for Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene Jr. to fully express himself - sometimes to outrageous effect - and "tell it like it is." With the support of his irrepressible and tempestuous girlfriend Vernell, the newly minted ex-con talks his way into an on-air radio gig. At the station, Petey becomes an iconic radio personality, surpassing even the established popularity of his fellow disc jockeys, Nighthawk and Sunny Jim. Combining biting humor with social commentary, Petey was determined to make not just himself but his community heard during an exciting and turbulent period in Amercian History. Based on the true story. [Focus Features]… Expand

Director: Kasi Lemmons

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, History, War, Music

Rating: R

Runtime: 118 min

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Owen Gleiberman

A rowdy, richly offbeat biopic. Read full review

Lawrence Toppman

No matter what character Don Cheadle has played in his 23-year career, he's always seemed to be holding something back...Until Talk to Me. Read full review

Michael Rechtshaffen

While Cheadle's fearlessly robust performance absolutely galvanizes Talk to Me, it's not the only thing that makes Kasi Lemmons' third feature such a pleasure to take in. Read full review

Stephen Hunter

Talk to Me, with two great actors, tells that story, and it makes you feel not only the joy people experienced in the wash of Greene's raucous, truth-saying humor, but also his wisdom and calm. And many mourned his death at 55 in 1984. Read full review

Toddy Burton

From James Brown to Sam Cooke, the songs set a mood that lingers for some time after. Read full review

Robert Koehler

Alternates too deliberately between jaunty comedy and serious message-making. Read full review

Joanne Kaufman

For a movie that celebrates the power of speech, Talk to Me is oddly tongue tied. Its dialogue, equal parts uptight honky and jumping jive seems, particularly in the early stretches, to have been generated by a computer. Read full review

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Rachel

Jul 14, 2007

I was completely blown away by this film. An absolute must see.