Example sentences for: biopic

How can you use “biopic” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Lukewarm reviews for El Norte director Gregory Nava's reverential biopic about the slain Tejano singer.

  • Critics call Gregory ( Selena ) Nava's latest pop-star biopic of doo-wopster Frankie Lymon a sort of "comic Rashomon of rock-and-roll" (Lawrence Van Gelder, the New York Times ). Lymon, who became a star at 13 and died of a drug overdose at 25, married three women without divorcing any of them; only after his death did the three find out about one another.

  • George Wallace , TNT's biopic about the former Alabama governor and four-time presidential candidate, begins and ends with disclaimers.

  • It is a conventional celebrity biopic, lionizing its subject at every possible turn, and congratulating itself for its insight.

  • Raves for this biopic of infamous Irish thief Martin Cahill ("The General"): It "belongs on a long list of history's best gangster movies" (Mike Clark, USA Today ). John Boorman won Best Director at Cannes for the film.


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