‘Being the Ricardos’
Say goodbye to 2021 by catching an early flight out of this disaster year with Being the Ricardos. Escape back in time to the also complicated (but somehow less chaotic) world of the 1950s as viewed through the eyes of writer/director Aaron Sorkin and the events of Desilu Studios. The film does a solid job of condensing five years of scandals into one week of drama — one fictional week that’s full of facts. Lucy’s battle against McCarthy, Desi’s philandering, the fight to show Ball’s real pregnancy on television, the tension between the cast, Ball’s overall drive for perfection — it’s all true and all depicted here in dazzling performances by Nicole Kidman and an all-star cast.