Florence Foster Jenkins was good fun, but I found Marguerite to be the better movie, mainly because drama and dark comedy were better balanced. In FFJ, the approach was at times a bit too farcical for what's an ultimately sad story (people's reactions during musical performances are a bit over the top), and feels more like a fairy tale: even if they didn't change history with the ending, they still presented it in a bitter-sweet way (with Florence dying with a smile). The final scream in "Marguerite" was sure chilling.
Both Frot and Streep are great, but I found the supporting cast to be more memorable in "Marguerite". Michel Fau, as the singing teacher, is priceless. The brilliant David Haig, who plays the role in FFJ, has very little to do, unfortunately, and we just see him the way Florence's husband wants him to be in her presence. Fau's reaction scenes when he hears her singing for the first time are incredible. Also, I found André Marcon's grief-stricken performance as Marguerite's husband ultimately more involving than Hugh Grant's charming English gentleman turn, which was good, but arguably a better variation than previous performances.
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lemos-4
8 years ago
Simon Helberg is the revelation of FFJ but Meryl Streep is horrible, she wants more nominations and because of that she was very brave showing herself specially ugly but her work is very poor and decadent...Hugh Grant was very good, Frot is a superlative actress, I follow her from La Dilettante, again in this movie she teaches acting
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