Talk to Me Talk to Me

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.

Don Cheadle Chiwetel Ejiofor Taraji P. Henson Martin Sheen Mike Epps Cedric the Entertainer Vondie Curtis-Hall Sean MacMahon J. Miles Dale Herbert Rawlins Donald James Malmberg

The Mark Gordon Company Pelagius Film

musical drama

118 mins   More details at IMDb / TMDb

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  • Michael

    Review by Michael ★★★½

    “Talk to me” ist einer dieser Filme, die auf einer wahren Begebenheit beruhen. Vornehmlich in einem langsamen Tempo und sehr dialoglastig inszeniert Kasi Lemmons (Eve’s Bayou, Dr, Hugo) hier ein fesselndes Biopic, dass nicht nur diejenigen begeistern wird, die die Zeit in der der Film spielt aktiv miterlebt haben.

    Getragen von den drei Hauptdarstellern Chiwetel Ejiofor, Don Cheadle und Martin Sheen (Der Feuerteufel, Wall Street) will man als Zuschauer genau wissen wie sich die Karriere und die Persönlichkeit von Petey Greene entwickelt und welche Auswirkungen seine Radiomoderationen auf das schwarze Amerika der 60er Jahre hatte.

    Dabei wirkt die Darstellung von Don Cheadle teilweise pathetisch, was einige Szenen nicht ganz glaubwürdig erscheinen lässt. Gerade eine der Schlüsselszenen, in der bekannt wird,…

  • Michael Vazquez

    Review by Michael Vazquez ★★★★

    "Great movie. Brilliant performances from Cheadle, Ejiofor & Taraji P. Henson."

  • Seanski J

    Review by Seanski J ★★½

    This is one of those true stories about a famous guy, who I’d never heard of until this film, that goes through all kinds of adversity to get recognition. If you like these kinds of films you’ll like this one. It’s about a radio dj. Well directed, with plenty of period music

  • Ben Trout

    Review by Ben Trout ★★½

    Unfortunately, the movie's spirit would have been better matched to its Jester of the Airwaves' main character, Petey Green. As it stands, this perfectly serviceable, respectably solid exercise in safe mode behaves like the other protagonist: The innovative marketing man struggling to cope with the fact that his ambition has muted his blackness. (Or has it?) (Groan.)

  • ndoane

    Review by ndoane ★★★

    Cheadle's is a master in this and Ejiofor is very good. The movie is very uneven though. The first half works, but then the tone/plot/direction shifts and everything feels only half or quarter baked. It's worth it for Cheadle.

  • Luke Gorham

    Review by Luke Gorham ★★

    2 out of 5 (C)

  • Leighton Trent

    Review by Leighton Trent ★★★½

    A beautiful mix of comedy and drama with Cheadle and Henson really showing off. Up to the point of Martin Luther King Jr.'s death, it had been pretty much a comedy, but this part was handled with so much care.

  • Ron

    Review by Ron ★★★

    Fairly entertaining.

  • Aaron King

    Review by Aaron King ★★★½

    Don normally is always right for the films he is in and he is great in this one. I remember hearing mixed reviews for it but I enjoyed it. It is the standard bio pic but that doesn't mean that it is a bad film because this film Is worth checking out