Being the Ricardos

Being the Ricardos (2021) is a biographical drama written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, and you can watch it online on iFILM. It zooms in on a single tense production week behind the beloved sitcom I Love Lucy.

Nicole Kidman plays Lucille Ball; Javier Bardem is her husband and on-screen partner Desi Arnaz. Over seven days the couple gets hit from every side at once. A rumor ties Lucille to the Communist Party and threatens to end her career, the press runs stories about Desi's affairs, and on the studio floor everyone argues over how a comedy scene should actually play. True to Sorkin, the film runs on wall-to-wall dialogue that rarely pauses for breath. J.K. Simmons and Nina Arianda round out the writers' room and cast.

This is a story behind one of the most influential shows ever made, and it shows two exhausted people holding both a marriage and a hit together at the breaking point. Kidman earned an Oscar nomination for the role. Stream Being the Ricardos (2021) online on iFILM.