It's kind of sad. I do think she's talented, maybe not as an actress, and when she's not screaming but there's some talent there, but she never found her sound. Her albums are all generic/mediocre. All the heat she had that first week about an Oscar nomination has all but dissipated. The movie is a flop and the soundtrack is a flop, 2 things I suspect Ms. Aretha anticipated which is why she held off from "hand-picking" Jennifer for years. I'm not sure if Respect flopping will tarnish Aretha's legacy but it sure won't be the the golden exclamation point like it should have been. I'm not sure where Jennifer can go from here forward. Her best producer was Ne-Yo who actually knows how to write for her voice but she hasn't worked with him in a decade. Her best bet is probably going back to Broadway but if she thinks she automatically deserves a Tony nomination for every time she steps on a stage, she probably won't be invited back. Maybe she can go back to the Voice? Probably not in America but in Europe? She seems to be slightly more popular over seas. Slightly. Respect deserved a new comer who can both act and sing, and a better script and better direction but I think that's on Aretha and her secrecy regarding her life which is the wrong foot to start on with a bio pic. Again, sad.