Example sentences for: biopic

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

  • Given this pattern, it seems appropriate that Man on the Moon , Milos Forman's new biopic about Kaufman, starring Jim Carrey, would take liberties with its subject's life.

  • Scorsese keeps working too--upcoming projects include Gangs of New York , with Leonardo DiCaprio, and a Dean Martin biopic starring Tom Hanks.

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

  • Halle Berry's pet biopic (she stars and executive produces) of Dandridge, the first African-American to earn an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, gets a lukewarm reception: "a devoted but ultimately dull hagiopic" marred by "a flat script and uninteresting narrative" (James Poniewozik, Time ). Some of the more sordid parts of Dandridge's life have been left out, and several critics say that while Berry captures Dandridge's beauty and glamour, she lacks her heat and sensuality.

  • The second biopic about record-breaking superstar runner Steve Prefontaine is deemed worthier than its 1997 predecessor, Prefontaine . "[A] richly intimate sports fable," says Entertainment Weekly 's Owen Gleiberman.


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