Aaliyah movie awful reviews served Wendy Williams major social media backlash on a massive platter. Lifetime decided to make a biopic about Aaliyah's life, and Instagram and Twitter users took to the Internet to vent out about how much they hated Williams's work and the film in general.
The movie, entitled "Aaliyah: Princess of R&B," was much maligned by its audience last Saturday night. Those who hated it had nothing against the beautiful songstress, but they did have a lot to say about Williams's producing skills, or the lack thereof.
Apart from the highly questionable performance, the Aaliyah movie awful review was actually the subject of controversy from the get-go. First of all, the family of Aaliyah did not approve of the project and also withheld the rights to Aaliyah's songs from the movie.
Jomo Hankerson, Aaliyah's cousin, informed The Wrap that the family felt the story of their late relative should be told on the big screen and not on television.
Hankerson also verbalized that he was upset that the network did not even ask them to help with the production, like as if the network already knew everything they needed to know about the R&B singer since she was a child.
Howard Braunstein, one of the TV movie's producers, strongly denied these allegations. "We absolutely reached out to them, and Lifetime did, too," he informed Washington Post. "They chose not to cooperate with it. Hopefully, they'll enjoy it. I hope they'll be proud."
Aaliyah movie awful reviews also suffered another blow when the original star, Zendaya Coleman, decided to drop out after encountering negative comments following her casting. She was then replaced by Alexandra Shipp.
The late musician's fans also took issue with the castings of Aaliyah's known mentors, Timbaland and Missy Elliott. According to their complaints, the actors, Izaak Smith and Chattrisse Dolabaille, were far too thin and light-skinned for the roles they portrayed.
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