Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Being the Ricardos’ Keeps Getting Buzz

I wouldn’t put it past the early buzz for “Being the Ricardos” being mostly just a case of overzealous pundits trying to find some kind of new horse to back late in the game, but fact of the matter is that Aaron Sorkin’s film is being well-received by pundits who have seen it in Los Angeles.

There’s no way around what I’ve been hearing and that ‘Ricardos’ will probably please the middle-aged white male portion of Academy voters (and there are a lot of them). Fact of the matter is that Sorkin is very well-liked in the industry and his “Trial of the Chicago 7” could have easily won Best Picture last year if it weren’t for the indestructible Chloe Zhao narrative that had been built up until then.

The story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz isn’t that well known, but it’s an important part of cultural American history, a bygone era that feels like it happened in a very different world. The film, which was written and directed by Sorkin, follows Lucy (Nicole Kidman) and Desi (Javier Bardem) as they “face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage”.

”Being the Ricardos” is set to be released on December 10th.