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dreadful - no personality

posted 9 years ago by cooler56
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Aaliyah was clearly given no life in this movie. Absolutely a one-dimension portrayal by Alexandra Shipp. And she was supposed to portray a 15 year old? Sorry I was not convinced. This film made her out to be some sort of fame zombie. Where is the struggle? Her life was short but this movie is even shorter. I do not know much about Aaliyah, but I know that she was never this bland. I don't think I learned much about her at all from this film, which was its purpose, I guess. I don't see any strong narrative that is evident in other, good biopics.

[–] indiasohottrot 8 years ago

This biopic wasn't authorized so they weren't able to even get rights to use her music and her family had no part so it was literally a movie made by just what was already public record. That's why we didn't learn anything from it. It literally was a movie based off of headlines, as are most unauthorized biopics. It's really sad and they definitely did NOT do her justice and I agree , the actress playing her made her seem very bland when she was the complete opposite in person.