Being the Ricardos

— Don’t worry about whether or not Nicole Kidman can play Lucille Ball or why a Spanish actor was cast as Desi Arnez. This film shines based on decent acting and a well-written, complex script. In a reasonable amount of time, Aaron Sorkin manages to shift timelines so events—reports of Ball’s link with the Communist Party, her pregnancy, and Desi’s reported infidelity—are shifted into a single week of rehearsals for an “I Love Lucy” episode. When combined with the rapid success of the show and other tensions on and off set, it’s a marriage in crisis. These various stories, rippling through both public and private lives, make for a good, fictional look at Lucy and Desi playing Lucy and Ricky. I liked the film a lot, but it isn’t for people who want a documentary or have trouble separating fact from fiction in film. [Amazon Prime streaming.]

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[2021. 106 min. Written and directed by Aaron Sorkin. Starring Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, J.K. Simmons, and Nina Arianda.]
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/being-the-ricardos-movie-review-2021