Customer Reviews
Go Tina, Go!! 
2008-04-05
This was an amazing movie. Angela Bassett really did her thing in this movie. It is a must see!!
Purchase it now!!!
Toya
What's Love Got To Do With It? 2008-03-28
This was an Amazing movie i was looking for it for a long time and the only place that has it would be Amazon.
Thank you Amazon. :)
Great movie but poor special features. 
2008-03-20
After reading Tina Turner's "I Tina" book, and watching the movie, I can say that the director did a very good job to adapt 45 years to just two hours. I can also say that some important facts of the book were worth to add to the movie. But well, in overall it's very good how they did it.
Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne did a very good job also as Tina and Ike Turner. Not for nothing they were nominated to an Oscar. Angela Bassett won the 1993 award for this work.
The main comment that I would like to do about this movie, is that it's almost shameful that the special features are almost none. Even the VHS version offered more than the DVD. It at least included the video of Tina's "I don't wanna fight" a smash hit that was the theme of the movie. There are several cut scenes and work next to Tina that are not on this DVD. I wish they release an anniversary edition or something with more material.
For that ones that don't care about anything extra, I can say that the movie is very good and intense. It was one of the biggest movies of 1993 and the critics were really good. It is really worth it to watch this one. Tina's life from the dark Ike days to her emancipation was really hard and I also think that the movie can teach you a lesson that many things are possible in life.
Angela Bassett Gives Outstanding Performance! 2008-03-19
Angela Bassett deserved the oscar for her performance in this film. Her portrayal of Tina Turner was both convincing and heartfelt.
Before seeing the film, I was unaware of Tina Turner's years of suffering at the hands of her husband. Angela was the emodiment of Ms. Turner.
I particularly liked the scene in the film where Ms. Turner (Bassett) escapes her husband and runs to another local hotel.
You gon' leave me like the rest of them suckers i made famous Anna Mae? 2008-03-14
I absolutely love this movie. From the beginning it will have you singing, laughing, and in awe. Angela Basset is amazing as Tina Turner!
whats love got to do with it 2008-03-03
Experience for yourself the powerful true-life story of Tina Turner -- rock 'n' roll's remarkable and talented superstar. Laurence Fishburne (THE MATRIX) and Angela Bassett (HOW STELLA GOT HER GROVE BACK) deliver winning performances as Ike and Tina Turner -- whose turbulent relationship eventually forces Tina to leave and face the fear, pay the price, and find the courage to believe in herself. Don't miss WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT -- the amazing and uplifting story of one of the world's most exciting, high-energy entertainers!
I love it, I love it! 2007-10-17
Where do I start...Ok at the beginning. This movie is amazing and is my all time # 1 favorite. Lawrence Fishburne & Angela Bassett did a PHENOMENAL job. The supporting cast was awesome. The characters made sure you took a walk with them through this movie. You will feel the highs and all of the lows! You will not be disappointed at all. No more words are needed.
"Tina Turner" What a wonderful name! 2007-04-06
This movie is so great, now it has become one of favorite movies.
I have heard about Tina Turner's life before, but I did not know
Tina Turner's life was 'that' hard.
This name "Tina Turner" now sounds different to me
after watching this movie, it is indeed a wonderful name to keep.
She deserves the name "Tina Turner".
As a human being, this movie and her life inspires me a lot.
I just want to tell everyone... 2007-04-01
When this movie came out and I saw it at the movietheater---
You know the scene in the car where Tine finally gets enough and hit him back? Everyone in the theater started yelling and screaming, clapping their hands!! It was awesome and I will never forget it!!
The Success of Tina = the Crucifixion of Ike 2007-03-20
This is a really fabulous movie with Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne. Based on Tina Turner's life and her book I, Tina (which I have not read), the movie begins with her (formerly known as Anna Mae Bullock) as a little girl singing in a church choir, but out of sync from the rest of the group to where she gets evicted from the church. Years later, as a teen in the late 50s, she moves to St. Louis to live with her mother, who had walked out years before. Soon after that, she meets Ike Turner (played by Laurence Fishburne), the man who would give her his name. He gets her started as a singer and they get married shortly later on. At first, he is really sweet and kind to her, but after a while, the marriage starts going downhill. Ike becomes pressured and stressed out from his own career, abuses narcotics, and is jealous of Tina's success to where he gets very volatile and abusive to her. The scenes where Ike abuses Tina and bullies her are so disturbing. The scene where Ike and Tina are doing their own version of Creedence Clearwater Revival's Proud Mary is so wonderful, but when the crowd starts cheering after the performance, Tina receives all of the cheering, while Ike is pretty much ignored by the crowd. After a while, Tina is abused by Ike again, but it is the last straw for her as she quietly flees away from him to a hotel across the street while he is taking a nap at a hotel they had checked in to. She goes to court and divorces him, and leaving with nothing except for her name. From what is seen in this movie, Tina is very successful in her career, while the "crucifixion" of Ike is happening at the same time. He meets her sometime later on, gives her flowers and begs her to give him another chance and promises that he will do well and treat her better than the last time. She does not accept his promise (nobody would disagree with that), and gets out of his new car and slams the car door so hard the glass in the window shatters. What a way for Tina to tell Ike to get lost! She knew that she was determined to make it on her own without Ike. Good for Tina!! Bassett and Fishburne were great in their roles. This movie is worth watching. Jenifer Lewis does a great job playing Tina's mother. This is without any doubt one of the best true story movies ever to come out. I would definitely recommend it to friends. Get the CD soundtrack of this movie, too. You will enjoy that as well. Tina Turner is one of the greatest entertainers in the music industry!! Way to go, Tina!!
Additional note: Ike Turner passed away on December 12, 2007 at the age of 76. Even though he passed on, that DOES NOT mean that this movie should be trashed and/or not be liked anymore by the many people who have liked it since its release in 1993 (or anytime after). It's a movie like any other movie--you either like it or you don't like it. And, it will still continue to cultivate new fans while keeping the older ones who have liked or loved it since its original release. Even after his passing, Ike will still be regarded as a controversial person in music history, regardless of how he was portrayed in this film and/or in Tina's autobiography. Just because he's gone doesn't mean that anyone who hasn't liked him in general (or beyond), whether by seeing this movie and/or reading Tina's book, or listening to his music would soften their own opinion (or, if so, maybe just a little bit).
