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33 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanA rowdy, richly offbeat biopic.
- 88Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsTalk to Me has a great subject and a great actor working in tandem, reminding audiences that once upon a time media personalities used to fight The Man, not be The Man.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenWhile Cheadle's fearlessly robust performance absolutely galvanizes Talk to Me, it's not the only thing that makes Kasi Lemmons' third feature such a pleasure to take in.
- 80The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottThe result is a movie that offers uplift without phoniness, history without undue didacticism and a fair number of funny, dirty jokes.
- 70Washington PostStephen HunterWashington PostStephen HunterTalk to Me, with two great actors, tells that story, and it makes you feel not only the joy people experienced in the wash of Greene's raucous, truth-saying humor, but also his wisdom and calm. And many mourned his death at 55 in 1984.
- 70Los Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoLos Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoWith its R&B soundtrack and footage of civil unrest, Talk to Me might seem to cover familiar ground. But as an intimate portrait of the complex, fruitful and extremely volatile friendship between trailblazing African American men whose daring came to redefine an industry, it's fresh and revelatory.
- 60VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerAlternates too deliberately between jaunty comedy and serious message-making.
- 60L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorThe movie always teeters on the verge of something deeper, and Cheadle’s rendering of Greene’s stubborn refusal to be domesticated is funny, exhilarating and then quietly tragic. But Lemmons keeps pulling back into jive-talking shtick, and for much of the time -- I felt as though someone had trapped me in a time-warped episode of "The Jeffersons."
- 58Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerWhatever brought Greene down was far more complex than this film allows for.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceThe banality of Talk To Me is only half disappointing; at least it babbles clichés with conviction.