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Summary

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.

Cast

Nicole Kidman

Lucille Ball

Javier Bardem

Desi Arnaz

J.K. Simmons

William Frawley

Nina Arianda

Vivian Vance

Tony Hale

Jess Oppenheimer

Alia Shawkat

Madelyn Pugh

Jake Lacy

Bob Carroll Jr.

Linda Lavin

Older Madelyn Pugh

Ronny Cox

Older Bob Carroll

John Rubinstein

Older Jess Oppenheimer

Clark Gregg

Howard Wenke

Nelson Franklin

Joe Strickland

Jeff Holman

Roger Otter

Jonah Platt

Tip Tribby

Christopher Denham

Donald Glass

Brian Howe

Charles Koerner

Ron Perkins

Macy

Baize Buzan

Mary Pat

Matt Cook

1st AD

Joshua Bednarsky

PA Bill

Dana Lyn Baron

Miss Rosen

Dan Sachoff

David Levy

Max Silvestri

David Hart

Renee Pezzotta

Italian Woman

Breanna Wing

Chorus Girl Angie

Caroline Anderson

Chorus Girl Daisy

Jamie Miller

Chorus Girl Patty

Gail Rastorfer

Dresser

Russ Burd

Irwin Gotlieb

Guido Cocomello

Italian Bellman

John Funk

J. Edgar Hoover (voice)

Angela Leib

Koerner's Secretary

David Saenz

Musician Outside CIro's

Stephanie Lesh-Farrell

Radio Show Katy

Ron Ostrow

Radio Show Man

Pamela Bell Mitchell

Radio Show Woman

Lawrence Novikoff

Sam Stein

Jack Benza

Security Guard Bobby

Peter Onorati

Vittorio

Evie Nicholson

Woman Outside Ciro's

Rick Batalla

Tommy Wardrobe

John F. Carpenter

Radio Show Announcer

Melinda Sullivan

Ann Miller

Gus Lynch

Camera B Focus Puller

Allan Wayne Anderson

Camera C Focus Puller

David Jonathan Fine

Boom Operator

Val Chmerkovskiy

Ciro's Dancer

Asiel Hardison

Ciro's Dancer

Reina Hidalgo

Ciro's Dancer

Will Loftis

Ciro's Dancer

Noelle Marsh

Ciro's Dancer

Leo Moctezuma

Ciro's Dancer

Nayara Núñez

Ciro's Dancer

Britt Stewart

Ciro's Dancer

Eddie Torres Jr.

Ciro's Dancer

Jenna Johnson

Ciro's Dancer

James Patrick Duffy

Man #1

Emily Marsh

Woman #1

Cece Camps

Woman #2

Daniel Armella

Stagehand

Molly Meyer

Waitress

Shiree Nelson

Studio Staffer

Christian Roberts

Camera A Focus Puller

Chris Wolfe

Announcer

Crew

Director, Writer

Aaron Sorkin

Reviews

Geronimo1967

March 27, 2022

I vaguely recall watching "I Love Lucy" - or perhaps I just recall that memorable theme tune, but I have to say I knew nothing at all about the "Desilu" couple before watching this. As ever, it has Sorkin's trademark dialogue - quickly paced, pithy at times; but somehow the performances just didn't catch fire. Kidman is a very versatile actress, she can turn her hand to just abut anything - but for this to have worked better, she would have needed a more convincing foil. Javier Bardem just isn't him. Their lively relationship is suggested rather than demonstrated and much of what made them the US household names they were is, again, just taken for granted. Their domestic status as super-stars was not replicated globally, and yet little time is spent trying to explain to those less familiar just who they were and why they were so popular. JK Simmons is effective as their co-star "Bill Frawley" and all told it is a watchable biopic, but for me it looked more like a labour of love for an auteur who was maybe just a bit too close to the subject matter, and who made assumptions that the rest of us would be also. It looks great, has a ping at the Communist witch-hunt apparatus in place at the time, but is all just to shallow for me. I bet there is a proper, deep-drama, to be made about this pair, though - just not this film.