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Queen Latifah stars as Bessie Smith in this vivid portrait of the legendary 20th century blues singer.

2015 · 1h 52m
Director Dee Rees

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Bessie

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Queen Latifah stars as Bessie Smith in this vivid portrait of the legendary 20th century blues singer.

COMMON SENSE

Gritty biopic has sex, violence, drinking, great music.

TOMATOMETER
Average 6.8
Reviews 32
Fresh 29
Rotten 3

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Studio
HBO FILMS PRESENTS A FLAVOR UNIT ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCTION AND A ZANUCK COMPANY PRODUCTION
Released
2015
Run Time
1 hr 52 min
Rated
Unrated
Region of Origin
United States
© 2015 Home Box Office, Inc.

Languages

Original Audio
English, French
Audio

English (United States) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC)

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English (United States) (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.