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What's Love Got to Do with It
1993 1h 58m R
Drama
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Biography
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7.3
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The story of singer Tina Turner's rise to stardom and how she gained the courage to break free from her abusive husband, Ike Turner.
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Directed By
Brian Gibson
Written By
Tina Turner
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Kate Lanier
Studio
Touchstone Pictures
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Cast of What's Love Got to Do with It
Angela Bassett
Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner
Laurence Fishburne
Ike Turner
Vanessa Bell Calloway
Jackie
Jenifer Lewis
Zelma Bullock
Khandi Alexander
Darlene
Richard T. Jones
Ike Turner Jr.
Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly
Young Anna Mae Bullock
Chi McBride
Fross
Penny Johnson Jerald
Lorraine Taylor
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney
Alline Bullock
Sherman Augustus
Reggie
Cora Lee Day
Grandma Georgiana
Virginia Capers
Choir Mistress
Barry Shabaka Henley
El Paso Doctor
Bo Kane
Dance Show Host
Jackie O'Brien
Boutique Clerk
Michael Colyar
Apollo Announcer
Rob LaBelle
Phil Spector
Patricia Sill
Spector's Assistant
Shavar Ross
Michael Turner
Damon Hines
Ronnie Turner
Suli McCullough
Craig Turner
Daniel McDonald
London Announcer
O'Neal Compton
George, Ramada Inn Manager
Rose Jackson
5th Ikette
Tina Turner
Tina Turner (archive footage)
Gene 'Groove' Allen
Club Announcer
Timmy Cappello
Keyboards Player
What's Love Got to Do with It Reviews
Seattle Times
Jeff Shannon
A powerful portrait of emotional endurance, propelled by the outstanding performances of Bassett and Fishburne, both of whom lend a crucial dimension to the gradual redundancies of Kate Lanier's otherwise insightful screenplay.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
Their nuanced performances give a spectrum of emotional shadings to a black-and-white script that casts Tina as the Beauty to Ike's unreconstructed Beast.
Chicago Tribune
Gene Siskel
A powerful, joyful, raw, energetically acted bio-pic detailing the joys and pain of the on- and offstage lives of blues rockers Ike and Tina Turner.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Though the picture rightfully belongs to Bassett, a final word must be said about Fishburne, who never fails to make Ike seem human if not defensible. Even in defeat, he is remarkably compelling.
Orlando Sentinel
Jay Boyar
Angela Bassett is a wonderfully sympathetic screen presence who may have a big career ahead of her.
Chicago Tribune
Clifford Terry
Brian Gibson, who directed the script by Kate Lanier, seems to have trouble taking charge of his material as he skips through the years.
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
A splashy, volatile, crowd- pleasing rock-star melodrama that makes up in sheer emotional wallop what it sometimes lacks in finesse.
Movie Mom
Nell Minow
Incendiary performances by Fishburne and Bassett.
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
You don't have to be a Tina Turner fan to appreciate this movie, but, regardless of your opinion of her music, What's Love Got To Do With It cannot fail to impart an impression of her courage and inner strength.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
It's a story of pain and courage, uncommonly honest and unflinching, and the next time I hear Tina Turner singing I will listen to the song in a whole new way.
Reel Talk Online
Candice Frederick
Complete with the rock star wigs, superhero body and slightly timid but ever so deliberate snarl in her speech, Bassett embodied the icon during her slow and steady rise to fame, and her tumultuous marriage...
New Yorker
Terrence Rafferty
Fishburne's astonishing portrayal of Ike is what holds the movie together. The actor builds, in precise increments, a devastating portrait of a macho control freak; he even finds a kind of ghastly humor in the character's madness.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
As a powerhouse showcase for the acting talents of Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne and as a potent portrayal of wife beating and the emotions that surround it, it's quite a show.
Variety
Variety Staff
A passionate personal and professional drama that hits both the high and low notes of an extraordinary career.
New York Times
Janet Maslin
The brilliant, mercurial portrayal of Ike Turner by Laurence Fishburne is what elevates What's Love Got to Do With It beyond the realm of run-of-the-mill biography.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
A melodrama of starry-eyed love and black-eyed beatings, exhausting road tours and the singer's even harder road to self-realization, the movie contains its emotional highs and lows in the hermetically sealed bio-pic format.
Philadelphia Daily News
Gary Thompson
[Fishburne's] performance is the one X factor in What's Love Got To Do With It, which in most respects is an entertaining if conventional pop star biography.
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
A handsome woman with the lanky appeal of Katharine Hepburn, Bassett brays and bruises with equal effectiveness.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Candice Russell
What`s Love Got to Do With It is sizzling film fare.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
The movie makes us all want to stand up and cheer, "Shine on, Tina. Shine on."
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