Get On Up fingerprintStrong craft, striking style, a touch of humor.
Spectacular
Hopeful and cathartic
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
A real life story, history, and show business
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout performances, characters, and direction
Standout score
Hopeful and cathartic
Emotionally, it's hopeful, cathartic, and moving.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
A real life story, history, and show business
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around a real life story, history, and show business. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout performances, characters, and direction
The performances, characters, and direction stand out.
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Get On Up is included with a subscription to Philo, Starz, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Amazon Prime Video in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on YouTube Free. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 72/100 (IMDb 6.9, Rotten Tomatoes 80%, and Metacritic 71). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated PG-13 in the United States. Content advisories: strong language and drug use.
2 h 19 min
Get On Up runs 2 h 19 min.
Yes. It's based on real events or a real person's life.
Not quite. Critics rate Get On Up higher (76) than audiences (68). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
Roughly broke even. It cost about $30 million to make and earned $33 million worldwide, 1.1 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+63GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Get On Up in 77 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 36 storytelling tropes for Get On Up, including Insufferable Genius, Aside Glance, Adaptational Attractiveness.
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