Respect’ Review: Jennifer Hudson Gives Flattering Yet Flat Aretha Franklin Portrait

[Optimal Saint]

To those who’ve seen both how does the performances between the movie and series compare?

particularly Jennifer Hudson and Cynthia Erivo and Courtney Vance and Forrest Whitaker

[Motown Eddie]

To those who’ve seen both how does the performances between the movie and series compare?

particularly Jennifer Hudson and Cynthia Erivo and Courtney Vance and Forrest Whitaker

I preferred Jennifer Hudson as Aretha in Respect & Courtney Vance as Rev. C.L. Franklin in Aretha: Genius. It's only by a slight margin however, as they all had difficult roles to pull off.