Her vocals were average compared to Aretha, but I enjoyed it and thought she and the rest of the cast were good. I've been a fan of Aretha's music for a long time, since the late 80s or very early 90s, and collected a lot of her older music, but from the series I learned a lot about her personal life that I wasn't aware of. She really has a long story to be told. I wonder if Jennifer's movie will have even more pieces of the puzzle to offer or just a repeat of the same...we'll see. I'm also interested in seeing how Jennifer will handle the vocals. I wish really both of the films featured Aretha's own irreplaceable vocals with the actress lip syncing but I think Jennifer will at least do a better job with the vocals IF she doesn't over sing and holler too much...we'll see about that as well.