You may have heard him called “The hardest working man in show business” or “The Godfather of Soul,” but James Brown will always be remembered as one of a kind. The man possessed talents beyond measure and some of his demons were just as big. His life story comes to the big screen in the form of “Get on Up.” Chadwick Boseman, who last year help bring Jackie Robinson to life, takes on the icon role of James Brown and completely brings it home!

“Get on Up” covers the life of James Brown, to when he was living in a shack with his father (his mother, played by Viola Davis, left the family) to his early days of singing in the group, The Famous Flames to when he reached the heights of his career and the low points too. However, the story is not told in a linear fashion. The movies jumps back and fourth in time to cover James Brown’s life to the point where you may feel discombobulated.

Chadwick Boseman is the big story here. It feels like it would be impossible to adequately cover how outstanding he is in this role. He has the voice down to the point where you could not always 100% understand what he was saying, like the real Kames Brown. He got all the moves down pat. He can dance like him, he can sing like him and thanks to some great makeup, he looked like him too. He played James Brown to such perfection, that you would believe that the real spirit of the singer took possession of Chadwick Boseman’s body.