was the 'Aaliyah movie' really THAT bad?

[@nicolesherman8974]

All I’m gonna say is that Zendaya really dodged a bullet not taking part in that foolishness 🤭.

[@shawncarter5434]

Yep that movie could’ve potentially destroyed her career if she took that role

[@flyleelee5351]

I don't think she was right for the role anyway...in ANY Aaliyah movie

[@blkjem21]

I remember when actors had to have some talent. But now everyone pretends attractive people have real talent. Zendaya has as much acting skill as Elvis, Marilyn, Beyonce and Mariah none. And she can't sing, wtf. Damn the people who actually work at their craft.

[@Swavae]

​@@blkjem21u sound like a hater

[@TM-je5es]

It wouldn’t have ended her career but it definitely would’ve been embarrassing.

[@theivoryleague3847]

Let’s call a spade a spade. We will probably never get a true depiction of Aaliyah’s life story because there is too much shadiness and questions surrounding her short life. The r Kelly situation, her mother, her uncle, etc…

[@naomi.cannibal]

@@theivoryleague3847 Yeah honestly I would doubt there would even be another one made

[@saggivenus]

I agree. Her Behind the Music is likely the closest we got

[@kekemola1475]

Hmmm I'm gonna still hold on to some hope😅 maybe a full lengthy documentary of her life and career will be made🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️🤞🏾! When it comes to Rkelly, ik people won't let it go but justice has been served ya'll, HE'S IN JAIL! All I care to know is her questionable DEMISE!!!!!!

[@Lady_Kunoichi]

FACTS 👌🏾

[@FallonFontaine]

Exactly. Her uncle holding her music hostage, the family being complicit in R. Kelly “mishandling” Aaliyah, the conspiracies around her death. It’s so much that needs to be touched on that her family will never let come to light.

[@mutantx2372]

When it comes to biopics I always say if you can't get the rights to the music don't even bother making the biopic.

[@dancerbabe02]

this right here...because the struggle singing...and MISSY..that is all I will say. The damn movie haunts me in my nightmares.

[@asiath3mua19]

First red flag

[@mutantx2372]

@asiath3mua19 exactly

[@SailorScarborough]

Her uncle didn’t care about legacy, he held her music back from streaming because he didn’t see how HE could earn a profit off licensing the background artists out. Also he was bankrupt-not just morally, but financially-and Jomo is also just as bad. Her mother was the one who was more focused on legacy, but she also for some reason didn’t want the public to have access to it. Her brother Rashad is the only person who should be in control of his sisters estate and music tbh. This was such a good reminder of what a chaotic mess this movie was. I hope Alexandra Shipp is somewhere at peace cause the way they dogged her for this and Storm was overkill. Great video as always

[@Kevin-rg3yc]

Well to be fair when it came to her casting on storm she had all type backlash coming when she purposely auditioned for a role that was suppose to be for a dark skinned black actress and how she responded by being tone deaf, racist and colorist

[@a_awake]

@@Kevin-rg3yc Exactly! Alexandra get's no grace from me either.

[@naomi.cannibal]

@@SailorScarborough man when u learn about a lot of these ppl who got famous young, it feels like they weren’t very protected and soooo many ppl around them had an agenda

[@Prophys093]

@@Kevin-rg3yc Aaliyah was nowhere near dark skin. She wasn’t light-skinned but she was definitely adjacent to it.

[@kennyb1588]

@@Kevin-rg3ycwhat did she say?

[@chelseeez]

the zendaya casting/drop out/wendy commentary is ingrained in my memoryyyyy yes

[@naomi.cannibal]

@@chelseeez right like this drama really spanned generations 😭

[@4usprosperity]

Play that role ​@@naomi.cannibal

[@RamboQuellz]

Can we just agree that lifetime shouldn't be doing biopic's for anyone? How do you do a biopic about someone and don't have clearance to use their music 🙄

[@lilreese240]

They've had some good ones (like The Clark Sisters) I think its more so the outside people working on this movie that made it a mess more so than the platform itself

[@dolliestgal]

her dad saying she’ll get a tan in the summer is sending me so bad cause what 😭😭

[@trish6116]

He sounds delusional like me I swear I turn brown in the summer w enough sun 😂

[@LifeOfTheAngels]

This movie was ASS idc idc, the girl they casted to play her wasn’t good, now everytime I see her in something I’m just reminded of this movie (her face just annoys me sorry idk), they couldn’t use any of Aaliyah’s music so they only used covers, the r kelly stuff was weird bc they don’t explore it, they just put rkelly in it without illustrating how predatory he was, they frame it as some unrequited love story which is weird, and it’s not written well in a way where you can view it from a 15 yr old girls perspective for it to make sense and the way Aaliyahs portrayed is very one note, very boring, I’ll never forget when Wendy Williams talked about this movie and was like “my favorite song is let me know, whats your favorite Aaliyah song 😀” and everyone was on her ASS 😭

[@sassy_diamondreactions]

The thing for me was we didn’t really know what Aaliyah felt, and also, when making a movie, the truth has to be in it, which I felt like a lot was missing from this movie because it was so fast-paced.

[@brandoniswhoiam]

So, I’ve always wondered how this movie would’ve been received if Zendaya didn’t back out… and how she’d be perceived today. Like, would she‘ve been able to bounce back from this… and still be the mega star that we know her as right now?

[@taiuqsab]

I think she would’ve been fine. It was clear the movie was going to be trash regardless not because of her

[@naomi.cannibal]

@@brandoniswhoiam right I wonder if people would have just moved on/ forgotten bc a lot of actors have some flops under their belt- but then I also wonder if she woulda been looked at even worse for talking about how much she loved Aaliyah allllll the time, just to do a movie that was so obviously rushed together/ her own family clearly didn’t want

[@emily_8687]

It's a bit of a paradox for me because I think Zendaya is where she is now (not accounting for luck) because she has great judgement when it comes to picking projects. Her reasons given for not doing the movie seem to be rooted in a high degree of emotional intelligence too. It's hard to imagine what would be if she did the movie because it was so obvious it was going to be bad, if she had done it, I would assume she would have carried that same bad judgement into other bad projects.

[@laedollchick]

@@taiuqsabTrue! There are good actors who are in terrible movies

[@parisgreen6737]

well she would have been received well if she decided to partake. because in that case she would have had the family’s consent and she woulda read and been okay with the script.

[@kamsismith]

Aaliyah deserved better. Same with Britney Spears, Whitney Houston, and any female musicians(excluding Fantasia, the only good Lifetime biopic) who had a Lifetime biopic. Hopefully, a new Aaliyah biopic will be made with(emphasis on with) Aaliyah’s family involved.

[@roselynholloway7863]

Did you see the Clark sisters biopic

[@kamsismith]

@@roselynholloway7863I have not. I know Gloria Gaynor is getting one.

[@adriana71432]

​@@roselynholloway7863 I watched that one. I liked it

[@OGseoulite]

Fantasia was good because it actually involved and started Fantasia herself

[@roselynholloway7863]

@@kamsismith Lisa Lisa is too. The Clark sisters is good too

[@nadeapw]

This was a Tubi movie before Tubi.

[@FrankeeTJ]

Literally lol

[@patriece2215]

Absolutely awful. One of the reasons why Zendayas career is as big as it is is bc she turned down this role and didn’t piss off the black community. Black ppl that take part in bad biopics don’t have great careers afterwards I.e: Trevante Rhodes in the Mike Tyson movie, Alexandra ship in this movie, Demetrius shipp Jr. in All eyes on me.

[@naomi.cannibal]

@@patriece2215 I didn’t even know there was a a Mike Tyson biopic-

[@patriece2215]

@ it was produced by Hulu. There was a huge controversy bc Mike Tyson didn’t want it to come out since he wasn’t involved in it and Trevante Rhodes who played Tyson criticized him and the black community as a whole for not supporting it. It’s very clear why we haven’t heard from him since…

[@syria0110]

​@@naomi.cannibal same here

[@shem_gem]

Don't forget Zoe Saldaña as Nina Simone! She's lucky she already had that marvel role & Disney money cuz yikes 😬😬😬

[@niyaakbar1098]

I think that’s why Alexandra has went in a different direction than being in roles that are tied to the black community. She got so much hate for Aaliyah biopic, Drumline and playing Storm in Xmen. She rubbed a lot of black people the wrong way, I think if she kept going for “black” roles, she wouldn’t have been getting casted as much as she is now. She should’ve known with the Aaliyah backlash that her trying to play Storm, a dark skinned African woman, was not going to be a good look on her. Especially with that terrible accent she did.

[@deonnairis]

The Jackson’s an American dream was made for tv and it’s a classic… “I don’t want you you, I don’t want you, I don’t want you”

[@naomi.cannibal]

@@deonnairis that’s another classic! And a good way to knock out a whole day lmaooo

[@lizzybethnj617]

The Temptations too

[@Milonna-d6b]

And the “New Edition” biopic on BET was good too

[@deonnairis]

@@naomi.cannibal no expense was spared on black actors

[@4usprosperity]

Amy Rose could easily play yoyo ​@@naomi.cannibal

[@Kevin-rg3yc]

Zendaya definitely learned a lot from this situation bc the big contract difference between that cringe video of her and her dad to her now saying she purposely don’t audition or turn down roles that are meant for black women (particularly those that are dark skinned). I can’t blame her bc she was a kid and it was the adults around who had to keep her inform, can’t say the same for Alexandra shipp after she did storm and the comments she made in response to the backlash for it

[@naomi.cannibal]

@@Kevin-rg3yc I peeped that too! It’s been cool to see her grow- and it really was true in all those clips she def had a parent off to the side, I can imagine that helped

[@4usprosperity]

How about KZbin I like her but ​@@naomi.cannibal

[@papitoquerido7827]

I don’t blame Aaliyah’s family for wanting to protect her image, although I think while she was alive , they could have done more. Definitely a lot of secrets within that family… This made me think of Selena Quintanillas death and how a properly budgeted movie could actually change the lives of those who once surrounded her like her family who have always profited greatly off of her , in life and continuously in death.

[@WPFLAWLESS]

They have a Selena series on Netflix that goes more in-depth about her life. Her family had a hug3 hand in making it . I think it's on par with the movie.

[@TheMG20089]

Zendaya really saved herself I’m proud 😭😭😭👍

[@akinatsukana]

Even her working with Timberland was creepy since he admitted in recent years he married his wife because she looked like Aaliyah. That poor girl was being preyed upon by so many people. I do hope a real biopic comes out about her but it's going to be dark. Especially since there are rumors (and pictures) of her and Jay z when she was about 18/19.

[@alexiswarren3735]

I don't think anything ever happened between Aaliyah and Timberland . I believe Tim tried to get with Aaliyah but she rejected him. Maybe that's why he feels the way that he does about her. He could never have her. It's not fun being in love with yourself.

[@dominiqueodom3099]

I hate when people try to defend Alexandria Shipp for her taking the role. It's obvious she didn't care about honoring Aaliyah's legacy and only cared about furthering what little of a career she had at that point. If you think I'm wrong than I dare you to say it's not the same exact story as the All eyes on me movie

[@alexiswarren3735]

Alexandria Shipp just needed work. She's not a very good actress. She even fell flat with her one line in the Straight Outta Compton movie.

[@RamboQuellz]

I bet they won't try Beyoncé with an unauthorized biopic 👀😂

[@yageshabazz3456]

She’d hit them with a cease and desist so fast

[@jessicawynn7246]

heard beyonce dad trying to make a destinys child biopic

[@NekelAnthony]

I remember my grandma watching Wendy announce the movie and she changed the channel PISSED 😆

[@tonimichelle8401]

Me & your grandma were on the same wavelength that day bc saaame 🤣 I boycotted the Wendy show for months lmao

[@NekelAnthony]

@ she was like “got to hell, Wendy!” *click* 😆😆😆

[@shaniassoul]

Why would a biracial light skinned woman play a monoracial black woman, this is why I hate Hollywood/film world. That doesn’t even make sense especially in a biopic

[@tsade6119]

Aaliyah wasn’t mono-racial

[@misshottea]

⁠@@tsade6119 Aaliyah was a light brown African American/black woman. She never gave racially ambiguous.

[@LurveCheruB]

Alexander Ship did that AGAIN when she play Storm in the XMEN movies.

[@milkcatdog394]

Nina Simone 😭😭😭😭

[@alexiswarren3735]

I'm gonna get backlash for saying this but I don't think it was important that they had to cast a mono racial black woman to play Aaliyah. Aaliyah's career wasn't centered around her race like Nina Simone's . Any Mono racial black and or bi racial could have played Aaliyah. The problem was neither Zendaya or Alexandria looked or acted anything like Aaliyah. Just because they were both light skinned like Aaliyah doesn't mean they were right to play her. Hollywood never puts much effort into black biopics , unless it's about Whitney Houston or Michael Jackson.

[@jassiesworld]

I’m sorry that I’m not sorry Aaliyah deserves to be played by a full black woman I’m tired of everything being watered down

[@merona1546]

Aaliyah’s mother is super light, she looks half white herself. I don’t understand the issue with someone mixed playing her ?

[@kaylao.3326]

@@merona1546Aaliyah is a black woman therefore a black woman should play her. She wasn’t mixed or biracial so why on earth would you get a biracial-one who doesn’t even look black-to play a black woman? Make it make sense? And the movie isn’t about Aaliyah’s mother, it’s about Aaliyah. Everytime there’s a movie about a black woman or there’s a role that’s meant for a black woman they cast someone that’s multiracial and lightskinned. We’re tired of the erasure. If Aaliyah was here I’m quite sure she would want a black woman who actually looks like her to play her.

[@merona1546]

@@kaylao.3326 but Aaliyah looks like she could be mixed herself. I know plenty of mixed people who look similar to Aaliyah. I just don’t see the issue…if they look similar what is the problem? And like I stated above, her mother appears to be mixed…which would make Aaliyah partly mixed too. Nothing wrong with admitting that.

[@merona1546]

@@kaylao.3326 so according to Google Aaliyah is actually mixed…her grandmother is Native American! So she wasn’t fully black. So I really don’t see the issue of a mixed person playing her.

[@misshottea]

@@merona1546 many black people have a non black grandparent but present black. I have a mixed parent but I present black meaning when you look at me you know you’re looking at a black woman, same with Aaliyah, she was lightbrown/lightskin but not racially ambiguous. We never thought “maybe she’s mixed with Asian or white”. representation matters

[@andrewlawton562]

I was searching up some very old stuff about this movie, and apparently, there were rumors that Cassie was being considered to play Aaliyah in this biopic? Idk how that came up, but i find that kind of interesting. Edit: it was after Zendaya dropped out when that specific rumor started.

[@naomi.cannibal]

@@andrewlawton562 oh wow I never knew that

[@2damecuteUK]

Aaliyah family consultant with Selena family about making a movie similar to the Selena biopic. a casting call rumour were floating of different actresses possibly getting the role. Keisha Chante was casted & got the role then later turned it down. A few years later more rumours about the production and Cassie auditioning. Zendaya was casted but got a lot of online backlash lash from the fans. Then Zendaya writes a letter turning the role down due to the family disapproval. Wendy Williams get in on the story on her hot topics. Due to the social media engagement and drama of the casting issues. She decides to get involved in the production and we ended up with Alexander Shipp and the disrespectful mess of a tv biopic. It was so bad even Timberland the man who produced Aaliyah big hits was clowning it while watching it with the fans.

[@kaylao.3326]

Cassie? They need to be slapped 😂 how y’all gonna get this girl to play Aaliyah? Aaliyah was a black woman, not a Filipino

[@4usprosperity]

Leo I'm a Leo Elias ​@@naomi.cannibal

[@MrSincerity88]

I have a controversial opinion but I won’t share here. What I’ll say is; Aaliyah’s legacy has been mishandled so badly by a lot of people, even her family at times, and I wish nothing more than for her to rest.

[@daniel_vaughannn]

The review of this movie highlighted the problems I find in a good number of movies now: the pacing, the script, and the lifelessness of the characters. And with biopics, people have a lot of material to go off of. Aaliyah is my favorite artist of all time, and my disappointment in this movie was immensely high. I remember that works for a biopic for her life started around 2003, and with Google being so fresh as well as it being two years after her passing, it was exciting to potentially see her life and music on the big screen. I still want an Aaliyah movie, but I want it done correctly, it’s not too much to ask lol

[@slurpee4203]

VH1’s TLC biopic is my FAVORITE made for TV movie of all time. It was so good, and like you said the actual members were involved😭

[@abie6837]

Aaliyah’s family was “protective” of her legacy but not of Aaliyah because they sold her to r Kelly…..

[@misshottea]

Aaliyah was a light brown/light skin black woman physically and culturally. That ambiguous mixed girl did not embody Aaliyah’s laid back confident 90s black girl swag at all

[@breeisjustababy]

the way neither one of them looked even remotely similar to aaliyah. its upsetting that people's genuine concerns with the obviously whitewashed casting was brushed off as "hating".

[@dinasilva9263]

I never saw the Aaliyah movie, only the Selena movie with Jlo but i watched the trailer and doesn't seem good. I wish she was still with us. She was so talented and beautiful, i have her álbuns and i listen to her songs all the time. Rip Aaliyah🕊

[@naomi.cannibal]

@@dinasilva9263 I feel like either the Selena movie or the 5 hours long Jackson Family special were the first biopics I ever saw… nowadays in general they feel kinda lackluster, even the ones that hit theaters it feels like

[@sunrope77]

I wish I had never seen the movie lol

[@4usprosperity]

Fake Aaliyah for Molly Rose Aaliyah snowy Rose reincarnated is Aaliyah ​@@naomi.cannibal

[@agluv7360]

Yes girl it was! and I was like 13 when this came out and was an Aaliyah fan so obviously excited. It was terrible the minute a 14 year old Aaliyah and almost 30 year old Robert’s “relationship” was romanticized. Absolutely not

[@FrankeeTJ]

That movie was terrible. Terrible actors. Terrible writing. Terrible depiction of Aaliyah’s life. Terrible. Terrible. Terrible.

[@kingdivostrut]

Aunt Wendy was out of pocket for this movie. The fact she thought this was okay was ridiculous and I’m still pissed off at lifetime for allowing this mess

[@Utada379]

Yes and that's based on the casting alone. Aaliyah was not biracial - I'm getting tired of Hollywood

[@lizzybethnj617]

This movie debuted when i was 8 months pregnant and my husband joked dont watch the movie you’ll go into early labor

[@direkeshinro]

😭😭😭

[@okaysihle]

if Amerie were to have a biopic Alexandra could definitely play her !!!

[@ajat3202]

Can she dance & sing?

[@okaysihle]

@@ajat3202 lol watch the Aaliyah movie you'll see there, I'm just basing on looks though but she can dance the singing isn't that strong

[@Nita_Key]

If the close family and friends aren't consulting and you can't get the music rights, baby what is you doing?? Definitely not paying homage and honoring anyone's legacy. That's just a money grab.

[@Aries16603]

I don’t wanna be controversial but it pissed me off when Zendaya’s dad said, she’ll spend lots of time in the sun to tan. Ummm, no sir, she’s not DARK ENOUGH to play Aaliyah, that’s it!

[@funmilayotijani3119]

You're not being controversial at all. It's very disingenuous that they would rather cast a light skinned biracial woman and have her alter her physical appearance than just cast someone with the appropriate skin tone in the first place. It's the same energy with Zoe Saldana playing Nina Simone while wearing darker makeup and a prosthetic nose instead of you know just casting a dark skinned actress with Afro centric features - features that were a key part of nina's life and legacy!

[@kaylao.3326]

⁠@@funmilayotijani3119what’s even worst that supposed they were considering Cassie. At least Zendaya has atleast one black parent. That chick is a whole other race

[@maybe8985]

It checked all the boxes after all : romanticizing her relationship with this predator, melodramatic dialogues, mediocre acting for an overall blandness, inaccuracies in the stories and for the general cast, Wendy Williams directing it all…yeah, what could’ve possibly gone wrong ?

[@IAmThee_]

Zendaya playing her is like Zoey playing Nina. It should have never happened.

[@ParentalDiscretionIsAdvised]

I never could wrap my head around Missy and Tim were casted and styled based on them AFTER Aaliyah passed. They were better off casting Gabourey Sidibe in finger waves in a trash bag!.

[@Aries16603]

The biggest inaccuracy of that tragic movie was, Aaliyah never performed “Got to Give It Up”. The only reason they got rights to that song was because it was a cover. 🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

[@MissAlmostFine]

Biopics are not good nowadays and haven't been for some time (with a few exceptions). Outside of the cheap and tackiness of the Aaliyah movie, even the bigger budget ones suffer from clichéd formulas and uninteresting perspectives. Where at one time we felt like we could learn new things from biopics, now it's more like a highlight reel of the celeb's most known moments. You really could just go to Wikipedia or KZbin for that.

[@2damecuteUK]

Actually Keisha Chente was first cast in the Aaliyah biopic but turned the role down because there was no input from the family and they disproved of the tv movie. She didn’t want to be disrespectful to Aaliyah legacy and her family wishes so she walked away from the production.

[@cel7251]

Like it was rushed and not made with the greatest intentions. I remember like the day after the movie premiered Wendy was bragging lol production wise it was mess.

[@aishakamara3112]

No matter how many years have passed by, I will never like the Aaliyah biopic. It was an inaccurate depiction of her life and really disrespectful to her memory and artistry. Especially when they tried romanticise her and R Kelly’s ‘relationship’ when it should be clear to anyone that he groomed her! And there was no point in doing the biopic if they couldn’t even get her music rights. I hope one day the family will create another biopic but with better production, casting, and more accurate information about Aaliyah! They didn’t even touch the surface of the amazing achievements and doors she opened within R&B and the sound. Smh

[@primadonnatori9247]

This might be off-topic, but I wonder if Alexandra Shipp remembers her role in the Aaliyah biopic and her part in the "Drumline" TV movie. She really put in a lot of work with those low-budget tv films 🥲 but I guess it paid off, as she’s now in some major movies like "X-Men" and "Barbie," plus that film with Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell-though I can't recall the name of it at the moment. I’m curious if she thinks about her time doing those smaller TV movies and if the experience of the Aaliyah film still haunt her😭

[@a_awake]

Yes... it was THAT bad. None of Aaliyah's music, horrible casting decisions, low production values, Wendy's involvement and subsequent running of her mouth... this movie was doomed to fail and rightfully so. There's a reason Teyana Taylor dropped out of the movie too. She was in talks but pulled out because she's a true fan and understood the bigger picture that Zendaya (initially) and Alexandra seemed to be ignorant to.

[@Kolya-chu]

I’ve never seen anyone with as much potential as Aaliyah had. She had so much charisma. She really was about to take over the world, but it’s kinda cheap ito have her say it in a biopic right before she passes away. Anyway, Aaliyah had an air of mystery and kindness about her. Sorry, this is the first comment I’ve written about her, so it’s all coming out 😭. It was bittersweet watching the video for Rock the Boat cause it was amazing. I was too young to appreciate Selena before she died. But I saw the rise of Aaliyah, and I can tell why she’s still remembered so fondly. About biopics? Maybe there are two or three good ones, tops.

[@simplyymonica5585]

I'm a HUGE Aaliyah fan. The movie was TERRIBLE. Her legacy wasn't shown properly in the movie. I also felt like the movie was more focused on her and R kelly (in my opinion). She needs a PROPER biopic.🕊❤

[@simplyymonica5585]

Also NONE of the actors LOOKED similiar to the PEOPLE that they were portraying. Alexandra Shipp looks NOTHING like Aaliyah.

[@melanin_mami2008]

The biopic was awful & both Alex Shipp & Zendaya look NOTHING like Aaliyah. Whoever takes this project on needs to cast an actual light skin black girl next time and get permission from the family to use her music

[@tsade6119]

I think Keshia chante

[@breanaatkinson5953]

I remember hearing it being ripped to shreds and by the time I wanted to go watch, Lifetime had buried it in the archives to never be seen again lol

[@lalimf305]

Wow Z really bloomed beautifully. Even her confidence has increased in her interviews the older she has gotten. She used to speak like she had to prove herself. Now she speaks like she KNOWS she's that girl 🔥 still humble but headstrong.

[@kekemola1475]

Loved how zendaya mentioned her love and respect for aaliyah didn't allow her to do something LESS THAN for her!!! Well said!! Rip to the GREAT AALIYAH! WE MISS YOU❤

[@syria0110]

Yes... yes, it was. The acting, the actors, and the whole project being greenlit was not the way

[@MK_1Ultra]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, Selena and La Bamba were the best ever music biopics... ever!! And they were theatrically released! These producers should take notes. I feel bad for Alexandra. It took time for her to dig outta that hole. Wendy should be ashamed.

[@hallelegion9854]

The biopic was just….silence… The biggest thing to a successful biopic is having the person or family involvement. They didn’t have that, the budget, and it was on lifetime…it should’ve never been made.

[@Ludraman_]

Biopics about singers usually aren't that good, the Amy Winehouse biopic was awful

[@TheMG20089]

I mean the Selena movie was great though

[@mattyybearr]

right unless the actress truly transforms like jlo in Selena and the guys in straight out of Compton

[@ZacBobisKing]

But rocketman

[@ellebee4112]

@@ZacBobisKing Yes! Rocketman was amazing! So much better than Bohmeian Rhapsody in my opinion, even though that film ended up getting all the awards glory

[@thisisavivistanaccount7866]

i remember when Zendaya was rumored/announced to be in this film. I’m glad she backed out bc this film was a MESS. Lifetime already isn’t known for big budget, but they also have the WORST biopics. I remember watching this with my mom…we were so bothered by how bad this was 💀

[@duladee8412]

this bio felt like the Ember Island Players ATLA episode 😭

[@naomi.cannibal]

@@duladee8412 byyyeee

[@sparklez365]

I was actually a bg actress in quite a bit of scenes for the movie and after hearing the dialogue on set I was like ".....nah I'm not watching this"😬

[@adriana71432]

"Was the Aaliyah movie really THAT bad?" Yes, yes it was Lifetime, Wendy Williams, no rights to Aaliyah's music...

[@kekemola1475]

💯💯💯💯

[@tsade6119]

Alexandra ship and zendaya don’t capture the essence of Aaliyah at all.

[@theivoryleague3847]

I wonder if Zendaya has nightmares about what could’ve been lmaoooo I know I would. I don’t think she would’ve bounced back from this film too quick truthfully lol. Wendy Williams producing was the hugest red flag 🤣🤣🤣. This movie had been in the works for years longer than Wendy was actually apart of it. B Simone was in talks to play Aaliyah years ago. The casting was so atrocious none of the actors looked like who they depicted. Especially R.Kelly and Missy Elliot 😂😂😂. Lifetime is great a dramatic movies but biopics they need to chill.

[@ajat3202]

It’s not that deep. Learned & moved on

[@thesoulreaperxoxo]

zendaya in that aaliyah inspired tommy hilfiger outfit was iconic!!💟

[@kaylao.3326]

If you say so

[@lakegroce685]

I have a very vivid memory from elementary school. The week after Aaliyah died, we did a kind of memorial for here on one of the walls near the administrative office. There were pictures of her and like notes that some of us wrote about how much we loved her music. I think that’s when I was first learned about the concept death. I remember some of my teachers explaining it pretty well. Well enough for kids to understand anyway.

[@Chuu_Vault]

In conclusion? Yes Why? Watch the video

[@theyapperconvention]

The mere fact that they moved on with the biopic without the family's approval is weird and disrespectful in and of itself. How are you going to tell a story about someone and have everyone close enough to her to tell it right and factually out of it and not on board? At that point, it is really just being told based off of what the public already knows and when it comes to that there's a lot of inaccuracy and just downright wrong facts because the media often spreads misinformation. Them not even having her music playing in it was the cherry on top. There's also a disconnect between the way they chose to portray Aaliyah and how she came across in interviews, I feel like although the actress....tried she could have studied her more and the way she chose to answer questions. Aaliyah had a quiet confidence and an air of mystery about her and when you try to portray someone like that without the people who knew her closely to guide you it's set up to fail lmaoo. I'm not a huge fan of biopics anyway because they are very rarely done right.

[@amberreed7704]

I’m tripping about Lifetime at the very least knowing they could license “My Prerogative” and making no attempts to put it in the Britney biopic. Or maybe the people who made that movie didn’t know she did a cover of it…

[@Luke-qp2bd]

I really hope we can get an Aaliyah biopic eventually. She deserves a good respectful one with a pretty actress who has a similar vibe :(

[@thatgirl1206]

It WAS horrible!

[@PUSH2START-v3z]

1st 🎉🎉❤❤ I'm literally listening to Rock the Boat on repeat 😢❤

[@labellav1103]

I know the family wanted a big production for her legacy but also! Something tells me since after all that came about from R Kelly, they probably don't even want to touch on the topic of their relationship. Being in their minds like should we? Or how would the audience treat it? Mad because they did or happy because they didn't include it. If they did it could be VERY minimal and just show the workings of her career and not the relationship. Because he obviously started her career. IDK So we may never get a movie TBH but, who knows maybe another 10 years from now. She needs to be celebrated more! I don't think they really had any tributes for her on any awards shows either!?....

[@IAm_DrLoveJones]

The funniest thing about the commentary after the movie aired. Somebody said that Timberland in the movie looked like Lugz. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheMG20089]

Alexandra looks more like Amarie

[@fistosravenscroft6651]

They gon get a light skin mixed race girl to play aaliyah?

[@GardenhoesATL]

The dad talking about her summer color made me cackle.

[@thewholeNyne]

This movie feels like an AARP commercial. The camera quality, the acting, the generic music

[@momomathebula8297]

Such a much needed conversation actually 🙌🏾

[@saggivenus]

I thought this was the worst Lifetime music biopic, then Britney Ever After reared its ugly head 😭

[@rhyssharp9673]

23:48 looks like another Brat album cover how did they end a BIOPIC like that 😭😭

[@slurpee4203]

LMAOOOO

[@dinasilva9263]

Mariah Carey will have a biopic movie too!

[@naomi.cannibal]

@@dinasilva9263 I saw!! I wonder who Mariah will handpick to play her, and I hope it’s not someone too known- that kinda makes it hard for me to see them as the role

[@dinasilva9263]

@@naomi.cannibal exactly, i think the same. I'm excited for the movie because Mariah is my favorite artist but i really hope it's a good movie. At least she is working on the movie with a diretor that she knows well.

[@4usprosperity]

An interview so stickers Aaliyah my rose by sticking me a lot ​@@naomi.cannibal

[@Justmebeee]

THANKK YOUUUUU! Woman Of The Hour DEFINITELY DID NOT gave 70’s AT ALL! So glad someone else said it too because I was watching it saying the exact same thing to myself.

[@bethwood7091]

I love Naomi making videos about music related movies! I had zero idea this movie even existed. And I'm a big Aaliyah fan so thank you

[@ahmarindungu9010]

It kinda romanticize the relationship between her and her r@p!st. It genuinely wasn’t anything great that’s looked back on positivity of her life.

[@saggivenus]

I agree. They focused more on her relationships than her music imo

[@chrismcgovern1647]

Clyde was played by Warren Beatty

[@therealmarlonbellamy]

This one of the worst biopics of all time. If the writers, directors & producers can’t get the rights to the artist’s music the biopic should not be done.

[@Brandi-xd7sb]

Didnt watch the video, just came to say it was THAT bad! (Will watch later though)

[@parisgreen6737]

yes it was horrendous the cast, the acting, the storyline, wendy being the directory. The way my 16yo self saw it and was immediately dissatisfied because they didn’t even get her fashion right.

[@Theyyluvjanelle03_]

Unfortunately, lifetime biopic about singers are always male focus… they focus on the relationships rather than the story about their life. They did it with Whitney , Britney Spears and Brittany Murphy too.

[@cbpeanful]

It's NONE of the casting being good, for me, lol. Why was Missy slender?? 😂

[@_KayBee_]

Yes. It was terrible.

[@riot__grrrrl]

lmao the missy elliot actress 😭😭

[@nanitaylor8073]

I absolutely abhor Wendy Williams. The way she handled this movie as if it was some sort of tea just gets under my skin.

[@estig5578]

I feel like if the artist themselves said that they don’t want anyone to make a biopic about them before they passed or if they pick out a specific person to play them then that should be respected. For instance with the Aretha Franklin movie a lot of people were mad about Jennifer Hudson playing the role but it had been said well before Aretha passed away that she had already pick Jennifer to play her and even after that the one with Jennifer in it was the only one that had the support of the family.

[@dadcelo]

This is why I fear for the Britney biopic. But I trust Jon M. Chu so we shall see.

[@zaq93]

Wow, I completely forgot Wendy Williams produced this. The way time flies

[@latoyalarkin6406]

It was soooo bad 🤦🏽‍♀️ And they made it seem like music was something to do and acting was her true love. I didn’t like that at all!

[@BryanBMusic]

Yes the TLC movie is great!