

Get On Up
The Funk Don't Quit
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
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6.8/10
592 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $30M
- Box office
- $33.4M
- Language
- English
- vietnam war
- 1970s
- biography
- south carolina
- singer
- breaking the fourth wall
- domestic violence
- songwriter
- 1980s
- 1950s
- soul music
- non linear
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG-131 Aug 2014
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical12A21 Nov 2014
AustraliaAU
- Theatrical30 Oct 2014
CanadaCA
- Theatrical1 Aug 2014
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical20 Nov 2014
AustriaAT
- Theatrical9 Oct 2014
BelgiumBE
- Premiere14Gent International Film Festival16 Oct 2014
- Theatrical144 Feb 2015
BrazilBR
- PremiereRio de Janeiro International Film Festival28 Sept 2014
- Theatrical145 Feb 2015
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical15+13 Nov 2014
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical114 Dec 2014
FranceFR
- Theatrical24 Sept 2014
GermanyDE
- Theatrical129 Oct 2014
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Get On Up was released on 1 August 2014.
Audience reviews
1- R7/10
r96sk
10/25/2020
Chadwick Boseman is terrific, but <em>'Get on Up'</em> is missing something that would make it a great biopic. I still very much enjoyed it, I always tend to find biographical films interesting - especially when I don't know too much about the person(s) in question, as is the case with James Brown here; I've always known of him and his major songs, but that's about it. Boseman leads strongly, carrying the film …
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