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Talk to Me
Directed by
Kasi Lemmons
R
2007
1h 58m
Drama
,
Biography
,
and more
7.3
82%
77%
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The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.
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Cast of Talk to Me
Don Cheadle
Petey Greene
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Dewey Hughes
Bruce McFee
Prison Sign-In Guard
Mike Epps
Milo Hughes
Peter MacNeill
Warden Cecil Smithers
Adam Gaudreau
Escorting Guard
Taraji P. Henson
Vernell Watson
Cedric the Entertainer
'Nighthawk' Bob Terry
Martin Sheen
E.G. Sonderling
J. Miles Dale
Program Director
Sean MacMahon
Ronnie Simmons
Richard Chevolleau
Poochie Braxton
Martin Randez
Hadley
Todd Schroeder
Guard Captain
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Sunny Jim Kelsey
Jeff Kassel
WOL P.A.
Alison Sealy-Smith
Freda
Johnie Chase
Bar Patron 1
Eugene Clark
Bar Patron 2
Benz Antoine
Bar Patron 3
Warren Alan Young
Bartender
Elle Downs
Peaches
Ngozi Paul
Susan
Malik McCall
Rioter
Matt Birman
Business Man
Herbert Rawlins
James Brown
Vicky Lambert
Backup Singer #1
Mantee Murphy
Backup Singer #2
Josh McLaughlin
TV News Anchor
Richard Fitzpatrick
Charles Sumner
Damir Andrei
Fred De Cordova
Jim Annan
Tonight Show P.A.
Donald James Malmberg
Johnny Carson
David Lawrence Brown
Jail Guard
Robert J. Tavenor
Engineer
Nadège August
Caller (voice) (uncredited)
Towanda Underdue
Charity Worker (uncredited)
Talk to Me Reviews
San Jose Mercury News
Bruce Newman
The movie's occasional narrative shortcomings are offset by the performances, which are uniformly fine.
USA Today
Claudia Puig
Speaks powerfully to audiences with its potent blend of extraordinary performances and engaging soundtrack.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
As Lemmons effortlessly makes her film both a colorful tour of the turbulent '60s and a delicately paced character study, the men emerge as two halves of a whole; often in disagreement, always brothers.
Detroit News
Tom Long
[A] well-acted film about making the move from the street to the mainstream.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
he mood shifts awkwardly from broad comedy to melodrama and social commentary.
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
Lemmons, her extraordinary cast and gifted crew deliver laughing, crying and plenty of signifying.
Austin Chronicle
Toddy Burton
Despite its earnest attempts at power drama, the joy of Talk to Me lies in the comedy and the wild performances.
The New Yorker
Richard Brody
Don Cheadle brings sharp humor and deep passion to his portrayal of the Washington, D.C., disk jockey and talk-show host Petey Greene in this historically vital and acute bio-pic...
Wall Street Journal
Joanne Kaufman
Its dialogue, equal parts uptight honky and jumping jive seems, particularly in the early stretches, to have been generated by a computer.
Arizona Republic
Richard Nilsen
Don Cheadle has elevated yet another film: Talk to Me is better than it intends to be. But thank Ejiofor as well.
TIME Magazine
Richard Schickel
A very honest yet curiously affecting experience.
New York Post
Kyle Smith
The movie also presents '60s turbulence from a black point of view, which is not only bracing but also feels closer to the point of it all.
Dallas Morning News
Chris Vognar
Talk to Me is more than enough fun as a showcase for Mr. Cheadle's wit and spontaneity and as an inside look at the airwaves' transition from warm and fuzzy comforter to the anything-goes entertainment of today.
AV Club
Keith Phipps
It's an unfortunately neatly packaged tale about a man who, by all evidence, constantly and consciously resisted easy repackaging.
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein
Watching it becomes an exercise in frustration when a potentially great movie winds up buried inside a just OK one.
Newsweek
David Ansen
Brilliant, alcoholic and self-destructive, Greene is the fascinating subject of Kasi Lemmons's funky, R&B-driven biopic -- a vital entertainment that struts confidently between comedy and drama.
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
About halfway through the movie, it changes direction, becoming less a biographical drama about Petey than a maudlin buddy movie about his relationship with Dewey.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
... has a solid sense of time and place and character.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The movie begins with a whirlpool of comedy and manic energy, and then grows, as it must, more serious and introspective.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
Smart, conflicted, and immensely entertaining.
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Talk To Me: Petey Meets Dwewy
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Talk To Me: Welcome To P-Town
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Talk To Me: I Ain't That Crazy
Talk To Me: I Ain't That Crazy
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Talk To Me: Petey Gets His Chance
Talk To Me: Petey Gets His Chance
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Talk To Me: Don't Blame Me It's The Voice
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