GazerRise Fantastic!

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

scottmontreal I picked up the DVD yesterday in the bargain bin of Big Lots for $1.50. It was the cheapest movie in the bin, but I knew I would never get a chance to see it otherwise. I lived in DC after Green died, and knew little about him. This movie is also an important history for those of us who love/hate the city.As you can see from previous reviews, many of us are convinced this is an excellent movie. I expected great acting from Don Cheadle, but I was most impressed with how tight the whole movie was - great writing by Michael Genet and Rick Famuyiwa, terrific directing by the very talented Kasi Lemmons, excellent ensemble acting especially between Cheadle, Eliofor and Tanaji P. Henson (who steals a few scenes herself). And the music, if you love old school, this is it!Of course, the movie is about race and class, but I think we need to go beyond the film's subject and ask, Why is this excellent movie by African Americans so marginalized in our cinema industry?

AudioFileZ I've got to say I never heard of Petey Greene so I really do not know how faithful to the actual events of his life this movie is, but I know what I like and the movie had me from start to finish."Talk To Me" is a well-crafted story about a true life con-man, Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene who found his true calling as an Washington, D.C. disc-jockey and radio talk show host. His mantra was to it he was a con, but that he always told the truth. That he did and in a way that reached out to his audience making him a fixture in the mid-sixties all the way into the eighties. The director did an excellent distillation process making the story appealing to anyone-making it easy to see the attraction this man possessed. Casting is nigh perfect! Don Cheadle is totally natural in his portrayal and even the ever so stiff Martin Sheen gets a role he's 100% believable in. On a topical entertaining level I just don't see how this could get much better. Sure it could have delved deeper into the politics, but that really wasn't the goal here as it's basically a lighter look meant to be enjoyable.See this movie, you'll be entertained, moved, and enlightened. You'll learn a bit about a time and culture while enjoying the ride. Highly recommended.

pc95 Talk to Me strikes a reflective chord for much of it's 2 hours and especially towards it's end. It features a run through of the middle lives of 2 radio announcers in Washington DC. The clowning and camaraderie is on display early on, and surely the movie's best energy is during it's first 2/3 of the runtime. Towards the last 20 min or so there's a winding down that's noticeable. Nonetheless Cheadle and Ejiofor are sort of like a ying/yang type relationship as Petey Green and Dewey Hughes. The Cheadle character has been in trouble with the law and street smart, while Ejiofor's has worked hard while clean and also being street smart. This was an interesting sort of a bio/docu-drama outlining the two's friendship from early on spanning 2 decades around the Civil Rights era and later. Good acting amid some slower pacing worth the watch.

judy I was initially put off by this movie with its Black caricatures, but then I got into the story of the ups and downs of the friendship of the two main characters. This story if universal, not just about Black people and its too bad more people didn't see it. Don Cheadle's character is great as a man with a talent for radio and really nothing more. Then there is his opposite a man who is capable of most anything and wonders why Cheadle's character doesn't want more. It's a classic dilemma that a lot of us face; I know I do. What do we do when we have a friend who could achieve so much more but doesn't want to. These characters also show us how opposites need each other. The characters say it best with one really good line of dialog. See this movie on DVD now. 9/10