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We watched a biopic about Beethoven.
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Maria Pablo Larraín continues his directorial run of biopics about iconic women with Maria, starring Angelina Jolie as legendary opera singer Maria Callas.
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Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
In crafting Christy, the biopic of boxer Christy Salters Martin that just premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, director David Michôd and his co-writer Mirrah Foulkes wanted to hew as close to the real-life story as possible.
—Esther Zuckerman, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
Part sports-underdog biopic, part domestic-abuse-survivor’s tale, and a textbook example of why turning a true story into tony entertainment is a real tightrope walk, this drama has extremely recognizable beats.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025
Josh Gad has big plans for his Chris Farley biopic.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
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Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
In crafting Christy, the biopic of boxer Christy Salters Martin that just premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, director David Michôd and his co-writer Mirrah Foulkes wanted to hew as close to the real-life story as possible.
—Esther Zuckerman, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
Part sports-underdog biopic, part domestic-abuse-survivor’s tale, and a textbook example of why turning a true story into tony entertainment is a real tightrope walk, this drama has extremely recognizable beats.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025
Josh Gad has big plans for his Chris Farley biopic.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for biopic
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“Biopic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biopic. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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