Style: Musical Biography
Director: Unjoo Moon
Starring: Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Danielle Macdonald, Evan Peters
Operating Time: 116 minutes
Synopsis: It is 1966, and having gained a contest promising a recording contract, Australian singer Helen Reddy (Tilda Cobham-Hervey) arrives in New York Metropolis together with her 3 year-old daughter. When the report firm breaks its promise, Helen defaults to a lounge singer and forges a friendship with rock journalist Lilian Roxon (Danielle Macdonald). Finally she falls in love with fledgling music supervisor Jeff Wald (Evan Peters). They get married and transfer to Los Angeles, however with Jeff creating a cocaine behavior and ignoring Helen’s ambitions, breaking into the music enterprise won’t be simple.
What Works Effectively: This normal biography successfully tracks the arduous path to stardom, Helen initially singing to an empty bar and dwelling together with her daughter in a cockroach-infested condominium. Regardless of a variable efficiency, Tilda Cobham-Hervey captures Helen’s dedication to beat misogyny and obtain stardom on her phrases. She finds her calling by Lilian’s affiliation with the ladies’s motion for equal rights, and Helen’s track I Am Girl turns into the anthem for a era of ladies looking for a brand new social contract.
Key Quote:
Helen: Did it ever happen to you males to ask ladies what they wish to hearken to?
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