+Jade Clark It should have been a two-part or three-part miniseries kinda like the Jacksons. They would've been able to put more stuff that happened in Toni's life into the movie.
The movie was okay, I was kinda bored with it though. I think if she would have teamed up with vh1 it would have been better considering the success of the TLC biopic.
I'm 4 years late, but i'm just now watching the movie. The girl was beautiful that played her... but she wasn't toni pretty... and her voice was so underwhelming. Not sultry at all. I hate the wig too! lol
Toni and Keri did get a divorce around 2013 so President Obama was in the White House. The movie just had a problem with pacing and timing. And let's not forget Towanda had those damn pigtails in the 1st season of Braxton Family Values 😂
They left out major parts out, mainly the Braxtons, how she was forced to date their boss at the time because she thought he was gonna drop them, the Broadway, the stressful pregnancy with dizel because of arista like.... Should've been in theaters her story was much more diverse than this
+The Holy Trinity It should've been a two-part or three-part miniseries. A lot of stuff that happened in Toni's life was left out like her other accomplishments, her other relationships, her helping her sisters get a record deal, her pregnancy with her son Diesel and her label not supporting it. And it should have included more of her songs.
+simonstuart2003 to me I felt like they should told her that like how you're gonna sit there and make it seem like you're doing this out the goodness of your heart knowing damn well she's paying for this....shiesty af
To me the movie was sooo rushed and everything that was in the movie I could just find in old media clips, I think it could have been a little more personal.
+Jernae Cris Liken to the memoir? The beginning of the memoir spent a lot of time on the parents, how they met. It was a great love story...had we been reading Mama Ev's bio.
Debbi Morgan was great as Miss E. It did seem to rush through fast, but I also appreciate how much they had to cram into a short space of time. Andre Hall was beautiful as Keri Lewis. The ending was a lovely touch. Toni is a superstar, no one can deny it! :)
But is my memory serving me wrong by recalling Toni winning the last Grammy being a scene on BFV & that Tamar was also nominated as well? Wasn't Toni in the car on the way when she found out? Lastly, I could've sworn that Tamar wasn't back at the hotel yet with them to celebrate... 🤔🤔🤔🤔
+Arusha Braithwaite Toni said once in an interview that she had a crush on Babyface but Babyface only saw her as a little sister. But if you look at her son Denim, he looks like he could've been Babyface's son. Denim resembles Babyface a lot.
We hav pretty much the same opinions about this movie. From how the actress looked to being confused with playing the "man enough for me" instrumental while doing the "unbreak my heart" practice. I enjoyed watching this and it brought so many great memories. You got me wanting to read the book now. I was crying a few times...
The actress' speaking voice didn't match at all! I thought it was strange to hear her talk in this high pitched voice then a minute later singing so low.
I was so glad that you mentioned The Good Life era because I was soooo ready to see them do their showcases and performances. I was hoping they would show Trina, Towanda, and Tamar as the new "The Braxtons" because the movie made it seem like all 4 sisters were her background singers throughout her entire career. The Toni Braxton era, yes, understandable but The Secrets era was when the So Many Ways album was out and Toni actually let them perform on her tours and stuff. It's the small details that could've made this a little better. And when I saw towanda's pigtails, I seriously thought they only did that since she wore them throughout the first season of Braxton Family Values, but when they had her in that hair for dag on near 20 years... I was like -____- because Towanda always had her hair short during So Many Ways era and she didn't start wearing longer hair until she was on Starting Over back in 2004. Okay, I'm going to stop now because I could go on and on. LOL
+Caelon Robinson I don't think they did many performance and stuff during the Good Life era which wasn't an era really since it didn't last that long at all. They put out one single and that's it; it wasn't a whole album and the single flopped.
+rhoyal6 I found an old newspaper interview with all of the Braxtons from November 1991 a couple years ago and even though their single flopped, they still were performing at little gigs throughout the DMV area to get their name out because they were determined to shine as a family, but the crowd didn't like them. They were mean, especially to Towanda, Trina, and Tamar.
+Caelon Robinson I didn't say that they weren't performing at all. Performing in the DMV area doesn't equal many performances but I get what you're saying.
nothing against the person who played Towanda but if they ever did a lifetime story on Frankie, Keyshia Cole mama.... I could definitely see her playing the part
You're review is on point!!! I would give it a B- or a C+. Ms. Debbie Morgan carried the movie and the ending was cute. The time line was so out of sequence and the girl playing Toni voice was a little to high for Toni's speaking voice. But, it was the best Lifetime biopic
hmm see I took the scene with little Tamar different. I honestly took it as okay Tamar was upset her big sister was leaving them behind. It kind made me think she wasn't jealous just looked up to her big sister. I didn't take that as shade. I feel like it was rushed too though it jumped around lmao. made me feel old though cuz I was able to second guess so much. And poor Towanda smh they could have least changed up her hairstyle.
+Cj Alter I saw little Tamar being upset the same way you did. People are using the word "shade" too damn much these days, so much that people don't know what's shade and what's not anymore.
I am shocked that Toni couldn't get any sponsors for her tour, her first album was a big hit and cross over and she could of gotten many of sponsors for her tour, they rip her over big time, smdh.
I think that was because she was black. Ain't no way in the world they should have had her wearing all those designer clothes in her videos and at all these award shows without the being sponsored or lent to her. Her sales were too big especially after the first album for her to have to pay for those clothes outta pocket.
I had the same reaction to the placement of He Wasn't Man Enough. The lip syncing definitely needed work. The actors should have had to know the songs as well as they had to know their lines. They should have made them sing along with the track to make it look better.
+Teresa Hunt He was in office when Toni divorced and that's when Ms. E said that. She said it on Braxton Family Values at the time Toni was going through her divorce. It's just confusing how they put it in the movie.
+Teresa Hunt That's how you know half of it was lies trying to clear her name. I remember her being on Oprah and being question about her spending and she said it was wardrobe not those 20 dollar dresses.
Great review Ashley! I usually don't comment under your videos very often but I must say that they neglected to mention that the song, Un-Break My Heart was originally written for Celine Dion but she didn't want it because she felt that the song was too disney-ish so they gave the song to Toni.
+Mark Shelton There are a lot of details and events that weren't in the movie but are in her book. Toni also thought the song was too Disney so LA Reid and Babyface had to talk her into doing it. I didn't hear about the Celine info though. If they had included everything from Toni's book in this movie, it would have been a mini-series so a lot was left out.
The girl that played Toni looked like Toni for ten second during certain scenes. The man the man that played their father looked just like him I agree Pebbles looked white , Debbie Morgan gave everybody a master class in 1minute with that break down she was foaming at mouth and everything. Tyler Perry Andre Hall and Gavin Houston did their thing. I was seriously like which was is Towanda, Traci and Trina.
It's was an okay movie. I don't blame Toni for wanting to do this biopic while she is still alive, that way she can give us all the information SHE wants us to know. She's able to paint herself in a good light. It felt like we were watching an episode of BFV with copy and paste articles from Wikipedia. Did they the banks take Tamar's Grammys during Toni's second bankruptcy? And I wonder if this motivated Tamar to do a biopic from her POV at some point.
+RebelleMichelle If they did take her Grammy's during the 2nd bankruptcy, she has them now so it doesn't matter. Also, Tamar can't do a biopic about Toni's life from any point of view. This biopic is based on Toni's memoir even though many details that are in the book weren't represented in the movie. If Tamar wants to do a biopic about HER life that's fine or maybe they'll do one as The Braxtons.
+Joshua McDowell They obviously didn't auction them because she has them now. They sit on her mantle in her home; we just saw them last season on her reality show.
Ashley you did that. You picked up on all the main points that I saw that were off. Yes they had TAWONDA fucked up. That girl looked like she had crawled out from up under a meteorite I threw a wig on her head after she had been charred in space. It was awful and it was def major shade. I know she kicked Toni's ass when she saw who they had playing her. What I did like is that they showed how Towanda has always been the business minded strong sister. I also noticed the song, "He wasn't man enough for me", was playing during the wrong time period as well. The lip synch was bad and the girl who played Toni played her as a victim and childlike during a major part of the movie. Toni on her reality show doesn't come across that way unless she was really that way during that time period. Toni said she stayed off set during most of the filming so she wouldn't mess the girl up. I think she should have done a Tina Turner and her ass there to make sure she could coach the girl on how to better portray her. Selena's people were on the set to make sure Jennifer Lopez got every thing right about Selena - down to the dancing and the way she moved sang - it was nearly perfect. Toni if they are making a movie about YOU - you've gotta be there to make sujre the shit goes down RIGHT mama. #NoShadeOverHere Beyond that it was very nice and I will watch it again. The only reason like you said Ashley they had to cut a lot out was that they had less than two hours to tell a twenty five year story. Also I will add the dude who played Michael Braxton senior and the guy who played Kerry were FINE! Yes!!!!!!! #BeautifulBlackAmericanMen
I enjoyed it. This biopic goes up there with Versace and Celine Dion Lifetime biopics. I just wish that it was 4 hours long. They could have made it a 2 night movie just to fit in more about Toni's life.
The time was all the way off in this movie. They had 1992 on the screen when she first went to Atlanta to record her album when she first got signed. Now Boomerang came out in 1991 so ain't no way she signed a deal and recorded music for the soundtrack a year after the movie came out. The chick that played her was cute but she didn't really embody Toni to me. That coy, sultry vibe Toni gives, especially on the red carpet, the way she always pouts when she sings, and during the early days of her career she sang with her hands a lot, she didn't give none of that. Hell even that Arsenio performance with her and Babyface, which is on UA-cam, Toni was giving these real hard leg kicks as she walked across the stage, she didn't even do that. Home girl ain't do no studying on Toni and she really has no excuse not to considering that she could've watched episodes of BFV on Netflix to study her mannerisms and how she interacts with her family and her videos and live performances are everywhere.
Girl, after they were rehearsing "he wasn't man enough for me" back in '96... I was side eyeing that movie ever since. But the costumes were beautiful!
Great review!! I noticed the exact same things you did! And I thought the real sisters were going to be at the end too! I give it the same score for the same reasons. This review was spot on!
The actor that was playing tamar didn't act like tamar at all to me and u are so funny. All in all it was a good movie. The best/real scene was when Evelyn was throwing shoes and breaking stuff because she found out that he was cheating on her. I agree with u they did towanda shady.
if you ask me the best memoir where Selena , Tina Turner, the five heartbeats , and the temptations . They should've used producers from those movies .
SOO on point, I too felt they skipped over some of the highlights/successes of her career. But given that Toni seems to always highlight her guilt, I guess she skipped over them too. I wish they wouldve done more video shoots/behind the scenes stuff, like the infamous Oprah interview would've been great to see. Skipping over the more thsn a woman drama/the aida and broadway stuff was a missed opportunity but ill just watch the inside out sepcial AGAIN. Also on point about the time line with he wasn't man enough and the Obama comment, and yes I wish the switch would have included all the 'real family members' at the end.
I thought that the actor that plays Jeffrey (Gavin Houston) on The Haves and The Have Nots did a pretty good job playing Baby Face. It was nice to see him get another acting role. Yes, the lip syncing was not too good. :(
To me, the movie was rushed. The girl who played Tamar, wasn't spicy enough.Baby face, and the mother was perfect. I think they should have worked on it a little longer,to perfect it.
Love the review. Yeah the timeline annoyed me too. Gavin Houston's lip syncing was terrrible lol, but the film itself is only 1hr & 25mins. Coulda, shoulda and woulda been longer w/out all the adverts. But the acting was good for the most part. Overall I'm surprised I enjoyed the film as much as I did lol
I think their niece Ashlee should've played Towanda. I got soooo confused on who was playing who when it came to Trina.lol...Debbie Morgan KILLED that Mama E role! Why they have to make Tamar the dramatic one even at the beginning! HILARIOUS! It could've been better casting, acting and longer. I wanted it to be longer. Add her Broadway performances, "You're Making Me High" footage because Toni THE Braxton hunty, sells pain AND SEXY! Sooooo glad Toni decided to do BFV..That's my show. Will never forget how they smoked weed in Jamaica, "Ding a ling of Gold song(Toni & Tamar), "Touch The Fertile Tree" song right before Tamar got pregnant with Lgan, and Girls night when Toni ate Mayo, Towanda ate tht foot strawberry, and The house was haunted. Just some of the episodes I will NEVER forget!
+Why Knot_Now? Exactly. If they included all the stuff in her memoir in the movie, they would have to make a mini-series. Many details and events were not in the movie.
rhoyal6 Good point about her accomplishments. They didn't focus enough on all the great things she's done. But like they said, Toni sells pain. But she should be celebrated for all that she has overcome and for all of her accomplishments and triumphs.
I was alittle disappointed because I felt like she rushed a bit, it wasn't many shocking factors (like she retold the stuff we alright knew), the production was too simple, got boring, and the characterization of Toni was soo OFF. Lexie Scott Davis didn't exlude Toni's tone of voice, personality and the lip syncing wasn't believable. Like beyond the headlines gives me more what I wanted than the movie. However, Ms. E, LA Reid, Pebbles, Babyface characters were on point!
I liked the movie. I thought it was good and the casting was decent. I loved Debbi Morgan. She played Mama Evelyn to the t. Lex Scott Davis did a good job playing Toni. Gavin Houston did a good job playing Babyface. But I wish it was a two-part or three-part miniseries kinda like the Jacksons and The Temptations. They would've been able to include more stuff that happened in Toni's life into the movie. A lot of stuff was left out like her other relationships and her other accomplishments. And it should've included more of her songs.
Thanks so much for shouting out this new Toni Braxton movie. I found it late last night on Lifetime, and I really enjoyed it, wish it was just a little longer. Gavin Houston was the perfect actor to play Edmond Babyface. Far better than the others!
The movie actually wasn't too bad but the lip singing...whew Not sure how I felt about the person playing Tamar/Towanda. Some name tags or something would have been nice to figure out which sister was which lol
If you ask me the casting was so off they could've used the real sisters because they were grown the whole movie I was damn can we get high school scene . First Sunday Church with Mrs Evelyn in her white church dress with matching hat and shoes on the front bench an her kids in the choir an the daddy preaching .
I could've sworn Evelyn said "all men cheat expect Obama" in 2011. I feel like whomever wrote this movie didn't know much about the other girls, they literally took lines and hairstyles from BFV when it came to portraying the others. I refuse to believe Towanda had those braids longer than one season of BFV.
+RebelleMichelle The movie was based on Toni's memoir so the focus wasn't on the sisters and it shows in the movie. They put just enough or little about them in the movie because they weren't the focus. With all the stuff that the movie left out about Toni's life, they could have made two more movies or had a mini-series so yeah, they weren't focusing on how the sisters looked and all that. Now if they ever do a Braxtons movie, I'm sure more attention will be paid to the sisters and them as a whole family.
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I think they made the movie the way Toni wanted it an she is a reserved person. The point of the movie was to clear here name about bankruptcy an to warn people of the music industry snakes. That stuff really hurt her so the movie to me was to set the record straight not a memoir. Good Movie Good Concept Good People (BFV)
It was well done. They played they damn self choosing that woman to play Tawanda and "Angie" sure played the mess out of her part as Evelyn. I also agree that the end should have had the real family in it too.
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I seen a comment that said "Pebbles gonna pay for her sins, one Lifetime movie at a time" I was dying😂😂😭
😩😂😂 lmao!
+Dee Robinson ahahahahahahahahahhaa
oooop! bwaaahahahaaa
I saw that too.... Hilarious 😂😂😂😂
Lmao. 😂😂😂
Chile Toni had an abortion, 2 babies, got married and lupus over the course of 4 minutes
True, lol.
+Jade Clark It should have been a two-part or three-part miniseries kinda like the Jacksons. They would've been able to put more stuff that happened in Toni's life into the movie.
yh I did feel it was a bit rushed I don't think they should have included the 2015 part it should have ended where she found out she had lupus
I don't know why they played Towanda either. 👧🏾
Not the pigtails emoji tho??!!! Chileeeeee!!! Lmaooo
LMAO @ the pigtails emoji!!!!!
The movie was okay, I was kinda bored with it though. I think if she would have teamed up with vh1 it would have been better considering the success of the TLC biopic.
I agree.
+Octavia Dozier Or HBO
Yea HBO wouldn't had been a bad choice either.
True.
+Octavia Dozier yea but I don't have HBO lol
The girl's speaking voice was so annoying cause Toni's speaking voice is a little deeper and sultry
Right..that threw me off
+mmygdfellow seriously!
I'm 4 years late, but i'm just now watching the movie. The girl was beautiful that played her... but she wasn't toni pretty... and her voice was so underwhelming. Not sultry at all. I hate the wig too! lol
I don't unerstand why they had Towanda doing perfomances on stage in pigtails.. Like she didn't change her hairstyle for shit.
RIGHT!!! LMAO!!!!
I would love to see Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Destiny's Child, Janet Jackson, Martin Lawrence and Red Foxx biopics next.
yes I would too
All great ones
+Lou WeEv7 I wouldn't mind seeing SWV and Boyz 2 Men biopics either.
+Morgan Simon No leave my Mariah and Janet alone. But I would love to see a movie about Mary J. Blige and Jodeci.
+Joshua McDowell that's a HBO film waiting to happen
Toni and Keri did get a divorce around 2013 so President Obama was in the White House. The movie just had a problem with pacing and timing. And let's not forget Towanda had those damn pigtails in the 1st season of Braxton Family Values 😂
True - lol :)
+Mzdiva924 Agreed.
+Mzdiva924 Wasn't their divorce announced shortly after Toni kissed Trey Songz live, which was around 2010?
+Mehrunissah93 I'm not sure, her Wiki page says she divorced him in 2013. They might of separated in 2010.
Mzdiva924 Oh. Okay.
They left out major parts out, mainly the Braxtons, how she was forced to date their boss at the time because she thought he was gonna drop them, the Broadway, the stressful pregnancy with dizel because of arista like.... Should've been in theaters her story was much more diverse than this
+The Holy Trinity It should've been a two-part or three-part miniseries. A lot of stuff that happened in Toni's life was left out like her other accomplishments, her other relationships, her helping her sisters get a record deal, her pregnancy with her son Diesel and her label not supporting it. And it should have included more of her songs.
I'm honestly surprised toni got a porsche and not a rav 4 like a certain group☕🐸
Lmao the Shade 👀👀🙈😎🌴🌴
lmfao
I caught those teas
+jay_rael the sad thing is that she have to pay for them things out of her pocket, smdh. LaFace is dirty for that.
+simonstuart2003 to me I felt like they should told her that like how you're gonna sit there and make it seem like you're doing this out the goodness of your heart knowing damn well she's paying for this....shiesty af
To me the movie was sooo rushed and everything that was in the movie I could just find in old media clips, I think it could have been a little more personal.
I agree.
True everything we pretty much already knew
+Jernae Cris Liken to the memoir? The beginning of the memoir spent a lot of time on the parents, how they met. It was a great love story...had we been reading Mama Ev's bio.
+Jernae Cris They should've included more details from her memoir.
True but Toni Braxton was involved 100%
LA reid and pebbles been paying people in trident layer gum since the 90s 😂
The girl playing Toni lip syncing was off but over all the movie was alright but I believe it could have been way better.
+Morgan Simon A drag queen from Rupaul's Drag Race would've done a better job
+Joshua McDowell Lol, your probably right.
+Joshua McDowell ha lol
LOL, the first scene of Pebbles, I also thought she was white!
+Princesstennis1964 I thought she was Ronnie from The Players Club
it's the girl from truth hall, if y'all ever seen it on bet lol
I thought she was white too
The Girl Who Played Toni couldn't lip sing . I mean we know it's not your voice but damn at least make it believable smh
Brittani Greene the performance with Babyface was so flat!! There was no chemistry between the two actors and neither could lip sync.
am I the only one that notice it was 2006 but they were driving around in a 2015 chevy tahoe..that was throwing me off
Lol.
I said the same thing!
+jay_rael No my husband and I picked that up real quick!!! Terrible!!!
Debbi Morgan was great as Miss E. It did seem to rush through fast, but I also appreciate how much they had to cram into a short space of time. Andre Hall was beautiful as Keri Lewis. The ending was a lovely touch. Toni is a superstar, no one can deny it! :)
I was like, who is this girl that looks like Sammy Davis Jr? I didn't realize she was "Towanda". Kerry was cute though.
Noooooo! Lmao I wasn't ready!
Noooo!...lol
Lmao I literally just hollered 😂😂 you are so right. All she needed was a glass eye
Lmao yesssss😂😂😂
+christina jackson omg ya'll are crazy
Lol, we all got PTSD after that Aaliyah movie. This movie was much better though. Great review, Ashley!
+Edarlys Gustina The movie about Anna Nicole Smith was good.
+Edarlys Gustina PTSD!!!! ROTFL!
lol you damn right about that! im still upset about that
Toni is the eldest, but looked the youngest the whole damn movie. Like... they didn't age the actress at all.
Toni looks the youngest in real life matter of fact I thought she was the youngest at first
+dj_oldskool I was about to say the same thing.
I didn't think the movie was bad I jus think the characterization was a bit off with some of the characters & it was kinda rushed towards the end.
But is my memory serving me wrong by recalling Toni winning the last Grammy being a scene on BFV & that Tamar was also nominated as well? Wasn't Toni in the car on the way when she found out? Lastly, I could've sworn that Tamar wasn't back at the hotel yet with them to celebrate... 🤔🤔🤔🤔
You right you right
Tamar and her weren't nominated at the same time, but the rest is correct.
+hindafrazier They were, in that episode of BFV Toni said she hopes Tamar's wins one just not in the same category that she was nominated in. Lol.
+RebelleMichelle nooo tamar was nominated 2014 & Toni was 2015
+hindafrazier Oh, Toni must've been playing when she said that then, I thought she ment that they were both nominated at the same time.
I'm sorry, babyface and Toni definitely smashed...💁🏻
i was thinking the same... there was something there
+Arusha Braithwaite Toni said once in an interview that she had a crush on Babyface but Babyface only saw her as a little sister. But if you look at her son Denim, he looks like he could've been Babyface's son. Denim resembles Babyface a lot.
+Joshua McDowell I have always thought he was their son lol so its funny you saying that! Lol glad I'm not the only one!
Yeah I don't fall for that "big brother little sister" thing either, they definitely did something.
They totally slept/ are sleeping together!!
The one that played Tamar was giving me cheap Angela Simmons tease ...
Dead
Lol, you're wrong for saying that Toni chose Towanda's character because Towanda let the Feds in her house...😂😂😂
We hav pretty much the same opinions about this movie. From how the actress looked to being confused with playing the "man enough for me" instrumental while doing the "unbreak my heart" practice. I enjoyed watching this and it brought so many great memories. You got me wanting to read the book now. I was crying a few times...
I'm assuming when they said they didn't wanna sign all the sisters because they already had a girl group they were talking about TLC
The actress' speaking voice didn't match at all! I thought it was strange to hear her talk in this high pitched voice then a minute later singing so low.
LMAO @ LA Reid and Sally Mae being the same person ahahahahahahahahahaha. Yes Lordt lol
+LoveLiveLifeNamaste lol. Everyone has a problem with him though.
I was so glad that you mentioned The Good Life era because I was soooo ready to see them do their showcases and performances. I was hoping they would show Trina, Towanda, and Tamar as the new "The Braxtons" because the movie made it seem like all 4 sisters were her background singers throughout her entire career. The Toni Braxton era, yes, understandable but The Secrets era was when the So Many Ways album was out and Toni actually let them perform on her tours and stuff. It's the small details that could've made this a little better. And when I saw towanda's pigtails, I seriously thought they only did that since she wore them throughout the first season of Braxton Family Values, but when they had her in that hair for dag on near 20 years... I was like -____- because Towanda always had her hair short during So Many Ways era and she didn't start wearing longer hair until she was on Starting Over back in 2004. Okay, I'm going to stop now because I could go on and on. LOL
+Caelon Robinson I don't think they did many performance and stuff during the Good Life era which wasn't an era really since it didn't last that long at all. They put out one single and that's it; it wasn't a whole album and the single flopped.
+rhoyal6 I found an old newspaper interview with all of the Braxtons from November 1991 a couple years ago and even though their single flopped, they still were performing at little gigs throughout the DMV area to get their name out because they were determined to shine as a family, but the crowd didn't like them. They were mean, especially to Towanda, Trina, and Tamar.
+Caelon Robinson I didn't say that they weren't performing at all. Performing in the DMV area doesn't equal many performances but I get what you're saying.
nothing against the person who played Towanda but if they ever did a lifetime story on Frankie, Keyshia Cole mama.... I could definitely see her playing the part
Kerry made me mad... I was hollering "You ain't shit, Kerry!"
You're review is on point!!! I would give it a B- or a C+. Ms. Debbie Morgan carried the movie and the ending was cute. The time line was so out of sequence and the girl playing Toni voice was a little to high for Toni's speaking voice. But, it was the best Lifetime biopic
I agree. The girl should have studied Toni's speaking voice.
Morgan Simon I agree we all know Toni's voice is not that damn high lol
hmm see I took the scene with little Tamar different. I honestly took it as okay Tamar was upset her big sister was leaving them behind. It kind made me think she wasn't jealous just looked up to her big sister. I didn't take that as shade. I feel like it was rushed too though it jumped around lmao. made me feel old though cuz I was able to second guess so much. And poor Towanda smh they could have least changed up her hairstyle.
+Cj Alter I saw little Tamar being upset the same way you did. People are using the word "shade" too damn much these days, so much that people don't know what's shade and what's not anymore.
I am shocked that Toni couldn't get any sponsors for her tour, her first album was a big hit and cross over and she could of gotten many of sponsors for her tour, they rip her over big time, smdh.
I think that was because she was black. Ain't no way in the world they should have had her wearing all those designer clothes in her videos and at all these award shows without the being sponsored or lent to her. Her sales were too big especially after the first album for her to have to pay for those clothes outta pocket.
I had the same reaction to the placement of He Wasn't Man Enough. The lip syncing definitely needed work. The actors should have had to know the songs as well as they had to know their lines. They should have made them sing along with the track to make it look better.
I wasn't really here for the girl who played Toni, she couldn't lip sing to save her life
Agreed
Obama was not in office, my husband caught that one too!!
I peeped that too
2008!!!!!! do your research
+Teresa Hunt He was in office when Toni divorced and that's when Ms. E said that. She said it on Braxton Family Values at the time Toni was going through her divorce. It's just confusing how they put it in the movie.
no he wasnt at all lolol
+Teresa Hunt That's how you know half of it was lies trying to clear her name. I remember her being on Oprah and being question about her spending and she said it was wardrobe not those 20 dollar dresses.
Cracked me up just like your review on that Aaliyah movie.
Great review Ashley! I usually don't comment under your videos very often but I must say that they neglected to mention that the song, Un-Break My Heart was originally written for Celine Dion but she didn't want it because she felt that the song was too disney-ish so they gave the song to Toni.
+Mark Shelton There are a lot of details and events that weren't in the movie but are in her book. Toni also thought the song was too Disney so LA Reid and Babyface had to talk her into doing it. I didn't hear about the Celine info though. If they had included everything from Toni's book in this movie, it would have been a mini-series so a lot was left out.
+rhoyal6 I agree
I was thrown off by the timeline...her world tour was in 1996 and they was rehearsing "he wasn't man enough for me" which came out in 2000 🤔
Right
Lmaooo Towanda and them pigtails tho smh The movie was very rushed but it was a good tv movie.
The movie was alright but they shaded the hell out of Towanda😂😂😂
Ashley stay on time with the reviews 😂
The girl that played Toni looked like Toni for ten second during certain scenes. The man the man that played their father looked just like him I agree Pebbles looked white , Debbie Morgan gave everybody a master class in 1minute with that break down she was foaming at mouth and everything. Tyler Perry Andre Hall and Gavin Houston did their thing. I was seriously like which was is Towanda, Traci and Trina.
It's was an okay movie. I don't blame Toni for wanting to do this biopic while she is still alive, that way she can give us all the information SHE wants us to know. She's able to paint herself in a good light. It felt like we were watching an episode of BFV with copy and paste articles from Wikipedia.
Did they the banks take Tamar's Grammys during Toni's second bankruptcy? And I wonder if this motivated Tamar to do a biopic from her POV at some point.
I agree.
+RebelleMichelle Tamar don't have any Grammys.
+RebelleMichelle If they did take her Grammy's during the 2nd bankruptcy, she has them now so it doesn't matter. Also, Tamar can't do a biopic about Toni's life from any point of view. This biopic is based on Toni's memoir even though many details that are in the book weren't represented in the movie. If Tamar wants to do a biopic about HER life that's fine or maybe they'll do one as The Braxtons.
rhoyal6
They didn't take them. They just auction them. They took all of her awards not just her Grammys. Her awards held more value.
+Joshua McDowell They obviously didn't auction them because she has them now. They sit on her mantle in her home; we just saw them last season on her reality show.
Ashley you did that. You picked up on all the main points that I saw that were off. Yes they had TAWONDA fucked up. That girl looked like she had crawled out from up under a meteorite I threw a wig on her head after she had been charred in space. It was awful and it was def major shade. I know she kicked Toni's ass when she saw who they had playing her. What I did like is that they showed how Towanda has always been the business minded strong sister.
I also noticed the song, "He wasn't man enough for me", was playing during the wrong time period as well. The lip synch was bad and the girl who played Toni played her as a victim and childlike during a major part of the movie. Toni on her reality show doesn't come across that way unless she was really that way during that time period.
Toni said she stayed off set during most of the filming so she wouldn't mess the girl up. I think she should have done a Tina Turner and her ass there to make sure she could coach the girl on how to better portray her. Selena's people were on the set to make sure Jennifer Lopez got every thing right about Selena - down to the dancing and the way she moved sang - it was nearly perfect.
Toni if they are making a movie about YOU - you've gotta be there to make sujre the shit goes down RIGHT mama. #NoShadeOverHere Beyond that it was very nice and I will watch it again. The only reason like you said Ashley they had to cut a lot out was that they had less than two hours to tell a twenty five year story. Also I will add the dude who played Michael Braxton senior and the guy who played Kerry were FINE! Yes!!!!!!! #BeautifulBlackAmericanMen
I enjoyed it. This biopic goes up there with Versace and Celine Dion Lifetime biopics. I just wish that it was 4 hours long. They could have made it a 2 night movie just to fit in more about Toni's life.
The time was all the way off in this movie. They had 1992 on the screen when she first went to Atlanta to record her album when she first got signed. Now Boomerang came out in 1991 so ain't no way she signed a deal and recorded music for the soundtrack a year after the movie came out. The chick that played her was cute but she didn't really embody Toni to me. That coy, sultry vibe Toni gives, especially on the red carpet, the way she always pouts when she sings, and during the early days of her career she sang with her hands a lot, she didn't give none of that. Hell even that Arsenio performance with her and Babyface, which is on UA-cam, Toni was giving these real hard leg kicks as she walked across the stage, she didn't even do that. Home girl ain't do no studying on Toni and she really has no excuse not to considering that she could've watched episodes of BFV on Netflix to study her mannerisms and how she interacts with her family and her videos and live performances are everywhere.
I totally agree..she didn't embody Toni at all especially her voice it's was way too soft spoken
+Demiere Boyd my point exactly. The movie said it occurred in 1992 and I was pointing out how that was incorrect.
On the aftershow, all the sisters talked except TAMAR, shade!
Girl, after they were rehearsing "he wasn't man enough for me" back in '96... I was side eyeing that movie ever since.
But the costumes were beautiful!
Toni didn't pick any of the sisters. She mentioned it in a interview.
I had to watch the movie just to see towanda in those pigtails. Ashley wasn't lying. Lol
Great review!! I noticed the exact same things you did! And I thought the real sisters were going to be at the end too! I give it the same score for the same reasons. This review was spot on!
Lol oh yeah I forgot about that Obama comment. I was like wth Obama? Whoever wrote that should've put Denzel or something.
The actor that was playing tamar didn't act like tamar at all to me and u are so funny. All in all it was a good movie. The best/real scene was when Evelyn was throwing shoes and breaking stuff because she found out that he was cheating on her. I agree with u they did towanda shady.
She got her extraness down
Jeffery(don't know his real name) looked the closest to his character, Babyface. The movie was nice..
I need another Aaliyah biopic approved by her family and a Whitney Houston biopic only discussing her career.
if you ask me the best memoir where Selena , Tina Turner, the five heartbeats , and the temptations . They should've used producers from those movies .
I would give the one who played daddy Braxton looked a lot the real one. The one who played MISS E did the damn thing.
SOO on point, I too felt they skipped over some of the highlights/successes of her career. But given that Toni seems to always highlight her guilt, I guess she skipped over them too. I wish they wouldve done more video shoots/behind the scenes stuff, like the infamous Oprah interview would've been great to see. Skipping over the more thsn a woman drama/the aida and broadway stuff was a missed opportunity but ill just watch the inside out sepcial AGAIN. Also on point about the time line with he wasn't man enough and the Obama comment, and yes I wish the switch would have included all the 'real family members' at the end.
Toni said in an interview that she didn't pick any of the sisters
I thought that the actor that plays Jeffrey (Gavin Houston) on The Haves and The Have Nots did a pretty good job playing Baby Face. It was nice to see him get another acting role. Yes, the lip syncing was not too good. :(
To me, the movie was rushed. The girl who played Tamar, wasn't spicy enough.Baby face, and the mother was perfect. I think they should have worked on it a little longer,to perfect it.
When Mama E. was going off on Braxton, the first thing I thought of was Angela Bassett as Katherine Jackson going off on Joe!
I totally agree. B-...it could've been a whole lot worse. But I think they did ok.
Lifetime has given me ptsd, are you sure😂😂😂😂.... I love this review
😂😂😂😂 I totally agree with the Towanda character.
I blv Tamar even admitted that, they needed Toni's name to get the show started.
could it been better, sisters didnt seem to have much personality , wanted more stuff i didn't already know but overall was cool
Love the review. Yeah the timeline annoyed me too. Gavin Houston's lip syncing was terrrible lol, but the film itself is only 1hr & 25mins. Coulda, shoulda and woulda been longer w/out all the adverts. But the acting was good for the most part. Overall I'm surprised I enjoyed the film as much as I did lol
I think their niece Ashlee should've played Towanda. I got soooo confused on who was playing who when it came to Trina.lol...Debbie Morgan KILLED that Mama E role! Why they have to make Tamar the dramatic one even at the beginning! HILARIOUS! It could've been better casting, acting and longer. I wanted it to be longer. Add her Broadway performances, "You're Making Me High" footage because Toni THE Braxton hunty, sells pain AND SEXY! Sooooo glad Toni decided to do BFV..That's my show. Will never forget how they smoked weed in Jamaica, "Ding a ling of Gold song(Toni & Tamar), "Touch The Fertile Tree" song right before Tamar got pregnant with Lgan, and Girls night when Toni ate Mayo, Towanda ate tht foot strawberry, and The house was haunted. Just some of the episodes I will NEVER forget!
Toni said in an interview she didn't pick any of the sisters in the movie but I was pleasantly surprised. Thought it might be another flop lol
Read the book because I think she goes in much more detail. The movie should have been a miniseries! Went too fast.
+Why Knot_Now? Exactly. If they included all the stuff in her memoir in the movie, they would have to make a mini-series. Many details and events were not in the movie.
rhoyal6 Good point about her accomplishments. They didn't focus enough on all the great things she's done. But like they said, Toni sells pain. But she should be celebrated for all that she has overcome and for all of her accomplishments and triumphs.
Toni said the only character she got to pick for the movie was hers they all found out at the same time who was going to play the sisters
she said "Toni just Houdini her ass up on the show." Lmao.
I was alittle disappointed because I felt like she rushed a bit, it wasn't many shocking factors (like she retold the stuff we alright knew), the production was too simple, got boring, and the characterization of Toni was soo OFF. Lexie Scott Davis didn't exlude Toni's tone of voice, personality and the lip syncing wasn't believable. Like beyond the headlines gives me more what I wanted than the movie. However, Ms. E, LA Reid, Pebbles, Babyface characters were on point!
I liked the movie. I thought it was good and the casting was decent. I loved Debbi Morgan. She played Mama Evelyn to the t. Lex Scott Davis did a good job playing Toni. Gavin Houston did a good job playing Babyface. But I wish it was a two-part or three-part miniseries kinda like the Jacksons and The Temptations. They would've been able to include more stuff that happened in Toni's life into the movie. A lot of stuff was left out like her other relationships and her other accomplishments. And it should've included more of her songs.
+Joshua McDowell I agree. There was so much more mentioned in her memoir.
Yasss been waitin on this😂
Thanks so much for shouting out this new Toni Braxton movie. I found it late last night on Lifetime, and I really enjoyed it, wish it was just a little longer. Gavin Houston was the perfect actor to play Edmond Babyface. Far better than the others!
I missed it so I will catch it online today.
The movie actually wasn't too bad but the lip singing...whew Not sure how I felt about the person playing Tamar/Towanda. Some name tags or something would have been nice to figure out which sister was which lol
Well at least at the end I knew which one was traci I saw the red hair
The movie was ok but it felt rushed to me not to mention the casting was awful except for Debbie Morgan
Baby, they trrrriiiiiiied Towanda!!!
the actress that portrayed towanda look like she is in blackface
The timeline messed me up. It was a decent movie though. Towanda's pig tails 😂😂😂😂
If you ask me the casting was so off they could've used the real sisters because they were grown the whole movie I was damn can we get high school scene . First Sunday Church with Mrs Evelyn in her white church dress with matching hat and shoes on the front bench an her kids in the choir an the daddy preaching .
I thought that was a green apple Ciroc bottle you were drinking out of at first glance! 💚
Bruh, Ashley just gave my life with this Katherine Jackson's monologue! Broke the replay button! 😂😂👏👏That's my fave movie as well!
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low key the girl looked like karrueche tran a little bit fr fr lol
I could've sworn Evelyn said "all men cheat expect Obama" in 2011. I feel like whomever wrote this movie didn't know much about the other girls, they literally took lines and hairstyles from BFV when it came to portraying the others. I refuse to believe Towanda had those braids longer than one season of BFV.
+RebelleMichelle The movie was based on Toni's memoir so the focus wasn't on the sisters and it shows in the movie. They put just enough or little about them in the movie because they weren't the focus. With all the stuff that the movie left out about Toni's life, they could have made two more movies or had a mini-series so yeah, they weren't focusing on how the sisters looked and all that. Now if they ever do a Braxtons movie, I'm sure more attention will be paid to the sisters and them as a whole family.
I choked on my ice when you went in on the Towanda character lol. I was thinking the same thing.
I was so confused on Towanda character. Like, she had the same hairstyle through the whole movie 😒 but great review!
Just got surgery for my wisdom teeth earlier I seen you uploaded automatically was like YESSSS 🙌🏻
OUCH! Your review was fun. BlacksinHollywood.com posted a FULL REVIEW of #ToniBraxon #UnbreakMyHeart biopic. Your comments from your video review were included
+ashleymiller out of the tlc pebbles and the Toni Braxton pebbles wich one you think they did a good job casting? ??
love the aaliyah posters on the wall
I think they made the movie the way Toni wanted it an she is a reserved person. The point of the movie was to clear here name about bankruptcy an to warn people of the music industry snakes. That stuff really hurt her so the movie to me was to set the record straight not a memoir. Good Movie Good Concept Good People (BFV)
It was well done. They played they damn self choosing that woman to play Tawanda and "Angie" sure played the mess out of her part as Evelyn. I also agree that the end should have had the real family in it too.
Did you catch the part when Toni was driving in Atlanta and they mentioned Janet on the radio releasing her album Janet