This biopic tells the true story of the best-worst singer who ever lived. Florence Foster Jenkins, played by Meryl Streep, is a rich socialite in New York in the early 1940s. She dreams of being a famous opera singer, but she has a screechy, terrible voice. Encouraged by her loving husband and friends, Florence decides to hire a pianist, stage elaborate operas of her own, and record albums featuring her off-key singing. She might be awful, but she’s fully committed, and eventually people start to notice the strange old woman with the inharmonious voice. She becomes famous in an ironic way an
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